Nothing like a Hummer in the carport!

[IronWing]

Bump for first hatchling

 

[Armitage]

Very cool - thanks!

 

[IronWing]

Bump for second hatchling on 7/07/2006.

 

[ruffilb]

Awwwwwww

 

[cessna152]

Man, those things are ugly. But cool.

 

[Baked]

I wonder if the 1st baby will peck the 2nd baby to death.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i thought it was going to be hummer = vehicle

 

[VanTheMan]

Neat birds. I thought it was going to be about you getting a hummer from your wife/girlfriend while you were in your carport or something, though.

 

[bigfil]

time to eat some balut
hehe

 

[IronWing]

Added pic of nestlings who are now growing feathers. Also pic of feeding.

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: Baked
I wonder if the 1st baby will peck the 2nd baby to death.

Only if it has man-smell on it--then the mom helps and feeds it to the good one.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: dethman
i could have sworn this was going to be about blowjobs.

good, I wasn't the only one

Nate

 

[IronWing]

The younger nestling died last night. It looked dehydrated. The older one seems to being doing well, growing fast.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Jeez. I thought this thread was bout you getting a Hummer (aka fuel eating vehicle)

 

[Accipiter22]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! we had hummers all over the place in our old yard, my mom and I used to enjoy them! I miss them!

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: dethman
i could have sworn this was going to be about blowjobs.

good, I wasn't the only one

Nate

Ditto

Ausm

 

[IronWing]

Update 07/23/2006

All of the nestling's feathers are out of their sheaths. It is nearly full grown, spends a lot of time flexing its wings, and will likely fledge in the next 2-4 days. The mother spends lots of time with the young bird now, feeding it and keeping it from jumping out of the nest.

 

[IronWing]

Also added an animated gif showing growth of the nestling.

 

[masterxfob]

what happened to the one that died?

 

[Baked]

Great photos OP. The feathers on the last photo is nice.

Originally posted by: masterxfob
what happened to the one that died?

Pushed outta the nest by the other baby, I think.

 

[SSP]

Nice pics.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: masterxfob
what happened to the one that died?

In order to keep flies off of the surviving nestling, we pulled the dead one out of the nest and buried it.