Hi Fellow Hummingbird lovers. I am Aprille and like all of you am very fascinated by these amazing creatures. Something so magical about them. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and think from research that I've done that what I have is Anna's Hummingbirds. Anyway a few years ago I noticed a female starting to make a nest in the dip in my hummingbird feeder (it was a old bottle that someone had made into a feeder) it was later in the year and she never did lay eggs, year two she came back and I had moved the feeder so she built her nest on the L of our gutter, year tree she came back and did the same - she also laid eggs but never hatched them - all of this was toward March and always on our front porch by the door - not a good location. I think she finally realized this because this year (at least I think it's the same female) she made her nest in our back yard in the Scented Corkscrew Vine - right outside our back patio door (she really likes door ways!)well ... she laid her eggs, she hatched her eggs and we have two babies!!! I think they are roughly a bit over two weeks ... I have been lucky enough to experience this amazing thing in my life and have taken pictures which I have shared with my friends on facebook and then I remembered years ago when she first made her nest and I had questions I came here and everyone was so happy for me and so encouraging - so I wanted to share with you my beautiful guest and her young! Here is the link to my public album on Facebook - hope this works as it's been awhile since I've done this. Enjoy! Aprille Here is a link that might be useful: Facebook Album of Hummingbird Nest and Babies

Thought I posted this on general bird-watching forum, but it didn't show up. Someone sent me this and thought you would enjoy. The song by Jack Johnson is a great addition, Here is a link that might be useful: Baby Hummingbird

Terrene - When I clicked on your link, it wanted me to register but I found the same video on Youtube and will link it below. I loved this video. It's so cool to watch the hummingbird fly around and come back and land on his finger. Here is a link that might be useful: Rescued Baby Hummingbird

If you're seeing an unhatched egg five days after the others have hatched, it's probably a good idea to remove it. I've never had problems monitoring a chickadee nest. Sometimes the parent birds sit in a nearby tree and scold me, but that's about it. I would worry that as the babies move around more, the egg would break and foul the nest. I would wait for the female to leave the nest and carefully remove the unhatched egg.