This is absolutely fascinating! I'm hooked! I grew up on a farm, so the real animal drama is not something new to me -but I do hate to see anything suffer. I think you are right, there will be more to teach the little ones how to hunt. The re-gifted rabbit I missed also. I think it was late PST time - I had already had gone to bed. I did see quite a few mice being brought for dinner. I checked out some of the other Live Animal cams - there is an African waterhole cam where you can supposedly see lions and elephants, a Key West fish cam - and a hummingbird nest cam. Who needs The Tudors and Nurse Jackie when you have animal cam! ;-)

I'm in La Verne located about 2 miles from the Pomona NHRA dragstrip where they are racing this weekend. I've been seeing quite a few Allen's lately. I can hear the Allan's coming to the feeder since they have wing noise has a metallic sound element to it compared to the Anna's which have a lower troning sound.

Hello over there! I have to say, that is so cool and wonderful that your grandson is so interesting in these amazing birds.. and how great it is that you want to encourage him!! ( I wish more American kids were interested in them!) Anyway... I also do not know of any courses.. but i think most people just learn from sharing knowledge on the internet. He will soon find out that there are many fanatics out here.. so he will probably have a ball talking to others who share his passion. His parents also might want to think about taking him on a trip to the Rockport Hummingbird Festival (in Texas-- I have never been to this)-- or other field trips, maybe even to Costa Rica. There's probably some local groups in Oklahoma who do field trips and share stories. Tell him, that all he has to do is look up 'hummingbird behavior, migration, breeds, feeding habits', etc etc on the 'net and he will find enough information to keep him busy for the rest of his life. ALSO.... on YouTube, he will probably enjoy videos of the hummers in Costa Rica, or other entries people have sent in of their own close-up films, in their backyard.. there's also lots of films of folks feeding by hand.. here's an article: http://www.longbraid.com/articlehummingbirds.html ..and there's even a video that he would probably LOVE to recieve: http://www.amazon.com/How-Hand-Feed-Hummingbirds-Michael-Baughman/dp/B0002LTEC2 and to go along with this, is the small and easy to use Perky Pet 3 oz feeder, that he could use to practice getting close to them, by holding it: http://www.shop.com/0-p45093850-k36-g1-~perky+pet+3+oz+hanging+basket+feeder-nover-s.shtml Also, please tell him to join in here, we would love to meet him and hear his experiences!

I've posted a couple videos of the fledging. They flew on Dec. 8 & 10th. The first one is kinda long but has lots of interaction. --> 1st Chick --> 2nd Chick