Shielding chicks from the sun

The Gumbo Limbo tree in which Gumbo is nesting (and for which she is named) has lost almost all its leaves, as usual in the dry season. The afternoon sun is now streaming directly into the nest, and Gumbo usually perches, immobile, on the edge of the nest to shield her babies. The chicks are starting to look like proper hummingbirds, though their beaks are still very short, and it will not be long before they fledge.