i hope this is the correct forum to post this... apologies if not... a few weeks ago i noticed a hummingbird nest up on my string of lights on my balcony. i noticed a hummingbird hanging around before then and then realized there was a nest.
she sat and did her thing and was around for a week or maybe more... adorable... then i noticed she was gone a lot... came back for a few nights then gone... then she was just gone... i saw her around a few days but she kept distant from the nest
i chalked it up to the eggs were not fertilized or something
then to my absolute horror... i looked at the nest from below and saw something sticking out of it and it's two baby hummingbirds dead... their beaks are the only thing i can see sticking straight up... such a sad image...
just trying to figure out what could have been the issue...
she sat and did her thing and was around for a week or maybe more... adorable... then i noticed she was gone a lot... came back for a few nights then gone... then she was just gone... i saw her around a few days but she kept distant from the nest
i chalked it up to the eggs were not fertilized or something
then to my absolute horror... i looked at the nest from below and saw something sticking out of it and it's two baby hummingbirds dead... their beaks are the only thing i can see sticking straight up... such a sad image...
just trying to figure out what could have been the issue...