Sunday, March 3, 2019

Hummers in the Bahamas

Since Christmas I've been at our winter place "Calypso" on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera, and have rather neglected this blog. I see hummingbirds here every day - the local variety known as the Bahama Woodstar, which is even smaller than the ruby-throat, though rather similar in appearance and behavior. However, the male's throat is purple rather than red:


Yesterday, march 2, I spotted an active nest, about 12 feet off the ground in a casuarina tree:




The mother seems to be incubating eggs. Here are more videos, shot today march 3:







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