Nidification: Is that or isn’t that…
…a little pointy beak?
Here is this morning’s photo of the Anna’s hummingbird Hen on her Nid. I began looking very carefully for evidence of nestlings yesterday, April 1, since that was my estimate of the earliest her eggs might hatch. This morning, I checked first thing, and still didn’t see any sign of young birds. But on examination of this digiscoped photo, there’s a tiny dash of a black line visible at the rim of the nest, showing against her gray fluffy undertail coverts. Is it or isn’t it a little beak? I can’t tell.
I’ll check back on the Nid when the Hen is away; more might be visible. Stay tuned.
(Photo A.Shock)