Here is a timeline video of Noni, Buttons and Bows. http://youtu.be/2iUJ3AnsYnA I just finished live casting them from the apartment across the road. Noni has a nest hanging from a small ivy branch right over a barbeque on the patio of an apartment. Luckily one of the apartment managers saw it and pointed it out to the tenant so he didn’t start up his barbeque and smoke the little guys. It was fairly difficult to live cast because I had to set up my computer in the utility room and string the wires, but with helpful management, it was made easier. Being on the ground floor helped but I couldn’t leave my camera alone for too long lest it get lifted.
It went quite well and I didn’t think I would catch the fledge on video, but as I was filming, the tenant came out of his apartment, as he does every day, but this time Buttons and Bows could fly and they didn’t waste the motivation. They took off and became fledglings. They are now happily flying around the treetops and getting fed by Noni every half hour or so. It won’t be long before they discover the feeders on most of the apartment balconies and start sucking up the sugar. This time of year, there is lots to eat for little hummingbirds.
