Baby hummingbirds

Baby hummingbirds are beyond adorable! Learn what a baby hummingbird looks like, how long they stay in the nest and what they eat.

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Imagine a student saying they look just like their grandpa. Sounds cute. But what if they provided you with an old photograph where someone is so similar to them, you'd say it's their clone? Or what if a person, instead of saying they found a giant skull, sends you a pic where they're laying near the humongous thing?

The nest was found in the grass, blown out of a tree in a recent storm. There were two baby hummingbirds in the nest. We left the nest alone and eventually one of them died. So we took the nest and have been nursing the second hummingbird. So far, so good. It eats every twenty minutes and appears healthy.

Get answers to common questions about feeding hummingbirds and hummingbird behavior from a birding expert.

Some resourceful scientists in Peru have recorded sleeping hummingbirds and have discovered that the tiny little jewels of nature! #hummingbird #bird #nature #wildlife

A couple was walking around outside when they came across an injured hummingbird, trapped in a flowerpot.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 11 June 2007 - Watauga Co., NC. Photo by Fred and Susan Oliver

Hummingbirds are known for their quick speed and shockingly fast heart rate. A beautiful hummingbird named Bella was filmed watching over her babies as they began to hatch from their shells. #Hummingbirds #Wildlife #Hatchlings