Sometimes the stars line up and there's that serendipitous moment when you are in the right place at the right angle....and you discover something fabulous right outside your door.
Last night on my evening walk I cut across the lawn in a way I don't go very often and I got a glimpse of something unusual in the maple tree.
It's pretty small....so I was guessing/hoping it was a hummingbird's nest. We've have several visiting the feeders all summer.
I absolutely love how they tied it around the branch...suspending it off the edge. It's like a little sling or pouch.
Do birds return to a nest? Might they nest here again next year?
After a little research I found out that hummingbirds rarely reuse their nests...but on occasion they do rebuild right on top of the old one. They also might use materials from the old nest and build one nearby....and I'll be watching. The nests are made from an assortment of things and held together with spider webs.....how cool is that! This kind of construction allows the nest to expand as needed for a growing family.
Unfortunately my research also suggested that this might not be a hummingbird's nest....they average only about an inch in diameter. I'm taking my tape measure out tomorrow....I think it might be more than an inch.
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