Found Baby Hummingbird (1 Viewer)

Hello everyone!

This is my first time posting on here, and I joined specifically to get some advice on a little predicament I created this morning... I was attempting to clean up the orange tree by my potting bench and snipped a branch that I later discovered had already been inhabited by our backyard hummingbird's young one. Anyway, I was immediately terror-stricken and quickly reattached the branch with fishing wire in the same shady region that it was plucked from.

I don't know much (or anything) about birds, but I was careful not to touch it at all. I left for a few hours and returned to find him/her turned around in its nest.. not sure if that means the mom came back or what, but I have a few photos just to positively identify it as a hummingbird. I was just researching nectar for hummingbird feeders -- would it be okay to whip some of that up and feed it with a dropper or should I just wait and see what happens? Thanks in advance

I don't think you need to do anything. The mother's very unlikely to desert a nest with young in it & will almost certainly come back & feed her nestling. The fact that the nest has obviously been disturbed & is slightly out of position shouldn’t make any difference.

@fugl is right, this nestling represents a big investment, so I think if you put the nest back in place more or less and keep your distance it should be ok.

I'm happy to report that all is well, the mother obviously found it and has been feeding regularly. Thanks for your advice!

Great news, Paulette!

Here's an update photo that I shot today. Here's to hoping they stick around

Very cool picture glad everthing turned out ok, cant wait for my hummingbirds to return.

cool Picture, i'm glad that everything turned out ok.Cute arn't they

pauletteburk said:

Here's an update photo that I shot today. Here's to hoping they stick around

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Well done! It's great that it's turned out OK, thanks to you caring enough to do something.

Great photo.