Live Hummingbird Nest Cam – Oceanside, CA
Your watching a live broadcast of wild female hummingbirds nesting.
There are several Hummers that nest in this yard. Their nests are usually located bushes and no larger than the size of a golf ball. The nest is made from feathers, leaves and other parts of plant matter. She then wraps this material together with spider webs. The eggs she lays are about the size of a breath mint(tic-tac). Hummingbirds lay 1 or 2 eggs per clutch. You can expect to see them hatch after about 14-16 days from the date they are laid. The chicks will continue to grow in the nest for about three to four weeks before fledging. More information about the cams, set-up or to make a donation please visit alyssasnaturesanctuary.org.
Those trees looked like they were on fire with the sunset reflection. By the time I got outside to take the photo the “fire” was just the color you see. By the time I got in the house to type this the color was completely gone.
You can see the tree on the right, the bottom leaves just look brown. That is the real color of the leaves. The orange glow was the sunset shining on them. Those trees are to the east, the sunset west, so that flow was not behind the trees but a reflection.
Breath taking Debbie😘
Wow! So beautiful and quite striking, Debbie! I can see those trees looking like they’re on fire, and and yet the one in front is still green!
I wish I had the picture when we first saw it, it was really pretty. The picture when I took it was a subdued tree.
That is really saying something! Must have been phenomenal!
Beautiful trees….our sunrises and sunsets go fast…I grab my camera and run outside
Very vibrant😍 all our leaves are down
I have about 20 leaves left. 😂
Tomorrow I need to do a last leaf pickup and its suppose to be warmer out too. Last leaf pick up by the city is November 18th
I took this photo of Dutchess last night. I believe she felt she had to get this back to me ASAP, in any way posssible, to make sure I would keep playing. I thought is was so cute!
She is just the cutest little thing. How much does she weigh and how old is she?
Thanks, Debbie. She weighs about 7 lbs and is 11 years old. She has aged a lot from her pancreas problems. Her fur is somewhat faded now. Plus, this camera does not do anything real justice.
Dutchess weighs the same as my sister’s chihuahuas! She is really a playful little dog. She acts like a puppy.
She is a mini Jack Russell mix. Has always loved playing above all else, even eating! And you are right, she never has grown up. 🤣
Just adorable.
Aw, thank you. I love her so much.
I know you love her very much Karen.
😘 I know we all love our babies so much. Sometimes I get carried away. I think she has figured out what those 3 little words actually mean. When i say them to her, she looks straight into my eyes and then comes over to cuddle and give me a kiss.
That is the sweetest thing. She has to understand what you are saying and she shows that she loves you with a cuddle and kisses! How sweet!!!!
I really think she knows, too. We are an “item.” 🥰😂
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She loves you very much. You are her mommy!!! So cute 🥰 and sweet that she walked up to you in bed and kissed your chin!!! Soooo very special she is. The name fits her!!!!
You are right!!I think I mentioned one day about how one night while we were sleeping, she woke up and I felt her walk up to my face, plant a kiss on my chin, and walk back to where she had been and go back to sleep. I will never forget that.
Karen!
She is so very cute. Just adorable. Like a little piece of candy!!!! I see she was helping you with her hair tie!!!! I’m so glad 😀 you posted a picture of her!!!!
Thanks, Lisa. That is actually a toy I fashioned for her out of a piece of fabric. She just fell in love with it. 😅
Just like a kid! They ignore real toys and want to play with the box! She wants to play with cloth.
Yes she does. Keeps me going. I’m so glad she is small, because I would not be able to keep up with her if she was bigger. I am trying to tape a video of her playing and zooming around on the bed, but she moves so fast, I’m having a little trouble. 😂
Yes, you are right. Plus, she is so vigorous that she usually ends up tearing the toys up right away.
😁oh that is funny!!! She is cute!!!
Thanks Ardyth. I laughed too!
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Lady Bug🐞 looking at her little face, her little ears😍its just the best picture of Dutchess😘 I just love your good girl
Hey Butterfly! 🦋 😘. Aw, how sweet! Thank you so much! I love the look on her face!
she’s a cutie! Bane chews everything up…so we don’t have many toys anymore.
Thanks, Lynn. Dutchess just chews up everything, too. Even those really tough toys you can buy at Lowe’s, etc. I just couldn’t afford it . That’s why I just started making toys out of fabric. She can tear them up all she wants, and when they get too bad, I grab the 2 yards and cut and tie a new toy. She really likes to have a playmate with them, though, because they are flimsy and not much fun alone. Not for everyone, though. Bane is much bigger! 😁
Bane takes his job seriously😂
There’s a little dog in my neighborhood that looks like Dutchess😘 her name is Olive
Hello…we went out for just a little while…took some blankets and afghans from DH’s grandma’s ice cream shop, to be donated..he’d spent $8 on cleaning them! He didn’t know it would cost so much..,also I donated a bag with a pair of pants, pair of shoes, a record, and a book. After that we went to the grocery store..I bought a pumpkin pie for me, lol..and had some for lunch 😋 …there’s an outdoor Christmas market but might not go this year…I would maybe if my sister was here.
It’s a must to have pumpkin 🎃 pie this time of the year!!!!!
yes and that’s one good thing about being an adult..if you want to have pumpkin pie for lunch, you can! lol
Exactly, sometimes I’d rather have something like that, instead of a normal meal!!!!
I agree says the gal who just slammed a Apple Fritter😂
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Afternoon Lynn😍 yummy on the pumpkin pie😋 I need to make one. I always have pumpkin pie on my birthday and didn’t have any this year. I have every thing to make one or two pies. Might make one and take it to Judy’s house for Thanks giving. I always try to bring something for dinner something to share
yum, homemade is the best!
So you are going to Judy/s for Thanksgiving. I wondered if you were when you were talking about her ham. I’m glad you are going, I was afraid you would be alone on Thanksgiving.
Its her Mom who decided on ham for thanks giving, the only sandwich she will eat is turkey, she eats turkey everyday. I don’t mind being alone-its less stressful to me😘
Hi Lynn sounds like a good day so far. I love pumpkin pie. Add cool whip or whipped cream either one. As desserts go it is fairly healthy.
Were the blankets dry cleaned ?
no, he took them to the laundromat
Reminds me of the feeling I had to discover all the $1.00 sprays where you can park your car in the spray area , put 4 quarters in the money slot, and use the handheld hose to wash your car…. You don’t find that convenience anymore.
but that was a good deal right? DH couldn’t believe it cost so much to clean those and probably wouldn’t have done it if he’d known
We have a car wash that you can bring your dog and wash it too. Its great because its hard to wash a large dog
Great Idea.
That is great!
Fancy! I’m surprised they furnish shampoo.
Its $14.00 to wash your dog its good they supply the shampoo but if I was using the dog wash I would probably bring my own cleaning products depending on what they have to use
We still have them here…Rick said it costs him $2 in quarters
Oh how nice!!! Florida is a bit backwards….
Maybe more modern…….we only have them in the older part which is our part of town…..we also had laundromats in our part of town.
When i moved here we were the called NW Tucson, now we are midtown bcaus eof the growth
im in the older part of town.
with the material being old, I probably would of dry cleaned them being afraid they would fall apart
even if you were going to just donate them? he said if he would have known it would cost so much he would have just thrown them away or donate as they were…we never take things to be dry cleaned because of the chemicals anyway
Some old quilts you can’t wash they do fall apart so it would depend on what your cleaning😘
Hello again…..It was in the low/mid 50’s early but, I walked anyways. I havent for a few days but then I dont usually walk in the winter.
I washed a couple loads of clothes and put makeup on and styled my hair because we are meeting six others at Double L mexican restaurant in South Tucson at 4:45…….Jacqueline/Steph……Tom/Serena…………Rob and Nicole .
That is going to be a lot of fun.
yes it will
I remember the photos from last year.
Do you!
Was this one of the photos?
yes but we will be going to a different Mexican restaurant in South Tucson that we took Jacqueline and Stefan to last year before they left and they just loved it. We go there quite often we went there with Zura too
What a blessing and joy to have so many good friends over the years, Ardyth. 🥰 I bet y’all are so excited about tonight.
Its just us 6 now ….we all got together the other night…..This coming Friday will be the party where everyone else is invited at their rental house.
That sounds like so much fun. Just being able to stay close for so many years, even as the numbers have to fade tbrough the years, is so cool (for lack of a better word that I can’t think of right now). I can’t wait to hear about it all.
These are people Rick worked with when i met him the 80’s…took me awhile to get to know them…now I am one of the gang…mostly the 6 of us keep in touch…others will come to the party and some have drifted away
It’s so nice that it all worked out over the years. Sometimes it doesn’t happen that way, for some reason. Y’all have known each other for a long time and have shared so much. I’m glad you have so much fun together. You always seem to be laughing in the pictures.
Hi ya Ardyth😍 you get to have a nice dinner tonight with a great group of people😘 Cheers!!!! take a pill for your HB
I think I told you or maybe I didn’t. I sent my doctor’s assistant a message and she got a hold of my doctor and they said to continue with them so I take one every morning
That is good Ardy and now you can get them free. Uncontrolled acid can do a lot of harm. Do you know the mg you take?
40 mg once a day
I was on 40 a long time but when the Barrett’s started to reduce I was switched to 20 mg. I’m doing fine on the 20.
I’m on Famotidine 20mg daily for reflux
If it does the trick, that is all you need. But omeprazole is a different medicine, blocks more acid and it in 20 mg is different than famotidine in 20 mg.
I have only taken the Famotidine, its because when I first started my medications, I would get sick from the pills and throw up. Threw up so many times I burn’t my esophagus and Larynx, I had to see a speech therapist. I had exercises to do while my throat was healing it took a while for my voice to come back and it did but ever since I burn’t my throat and my voice came back different, it sounds different to me and still does to this day
Did the Famotidine cause the throw up or other medicines?
The other meds, Famotidine stops me from throwing up and HB too
Then that is all you need. Do you still take those meds?
Just the Rosuvastatin, but can’t take any chance of throwing up and burning my throat again. My doctor prescribed me the Famotidine again
That would be awful, to throw up with a sore throat! It’s bad enough by itself!
Right and the burn hurt, I couldn’t eat for a while top, just cold stuff like yogurt, cottage cheese, jello and of course ice cream😋
It’s been a long time since Julie put me on 40mg…I wonder if 20 mgs would work?
It did for me but everyone is different. But I have to say I really didn’t think I had much heartburn, I was’t feeling it. I guess it was because the Barrett’s and therefore the acid was way low at the stomach. You haven’t been diagnosed with Barrett’s but you feel the acid. So it would be worth it to ask the doc if you could try the 20 mg and if it works stick with it, if it doesn’t then go back to the 40 mg.
I think i will mention it to her – its worth a try to take less
It wouldn’t hurt. Lower the risk of hurting the bones and still handle the acid. But if it doesn’t handle the acid I’d risk the bones. You don’t want Barrett’s or cancer!
No you don’t want Barrett’s, Bruce has Barretts-he gets scraped out once a year. I have had one Freind who died from Esophageal cancer and I think that was the cancer that killed my brother. it ate away his spine up in his neck area
I’m sorry Julie. I knew your brother had throat cancer but not about the spine. I didn’t know Bruce has Barret’s.
I’m glad you’re back on the medicine, Ardyth. 40 mg a day worked great for me for many years. It seems to be the norm. Now you can go out and eat, and feel like you can still enjoy yourself.
Yep I havent had a problem since i started up again!!! She wanted me to stop them for bone density reasons AND only 2 cups of coffee…..lol
You’ll get her straightened out. 😅
Yep!!!
Fantastic😘 no more suffering
I know you will have fun with that group…looking forward to pictures 😀
Yes!!!!
You must have sent some energy my way , as I vacuumed, cleaned tile floor and did other spurts of cleaning!!!! Thank you.
Have a really nice time this evening with friends at dinner.😄
You go Lisa!
LOL Glad tio help
Vacuumed!?! Like a 3-legged relay for me!! You go, girl!! 🤗
Making a small Chuck roast and potatoes and carrots, have it in a crock pot. Dinner for later😘
That is a good way to do it. Easy Peary and not burn able! 😁. Speak of burning, I forgot what you burned recently but I remember you messed up your pan and didn’t know if you could clean it or toss it. I think it was soup. Did you get the pan clean?
I burned soup, I did manage to get the pan clean. I’m about easy peasy😜
I like easy peasy too! And I like left overs which are the easiest of all!
😍 work smarter not harder😂
My motto. Well, my other motto is don’t work at all. 😁
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Wouldn’t that be nice if we could just twitch our nose like Samantha on Bewitched and everything would be done!!!!
Does your sweet Macie jump on the bed early , early in the morning to make sure you give her the attention she so “rightfully” deserves????
Macie isn’t a very demanding cat at all. She started life we think feral. Jo thinks she had kittens at one point. Jo is the one that started feeding her. She would have to go away a bit for Macie to eat. Eventually she was trapped, spayed and brought into the house. She adapted way better than we ever thought to being an indoor cat.
That is so nice that she adapted to the indoors. Marmalade was a feral.
It is like they know how lucky they are to have a home. Macie doesn’t try to get out.
We also have a baby that is an in and out sweetheart. Poor thing she comes in to eat, but insists on going back outside. I’m sure she is close by, but I worry so about her outside. She has a little clip on one ear, so she was apparently trapped and spayed. Such a gentle little thing, she also refuses to use a litter box. Any suggestions????
She does not potty inside. She is so clean. Just adamant about the outside….
Maybe eventually she will decide to stay in. Try Julie’s idea with the extra litter box. Try to keep her in a little longer each time but don’t let her feel trapped.
You need to use more than one litter box with 3 cats, she can smell the other cats have used it. Giving her a choice and the others too having more than one box might really help. You feed her she’s yours. You don’t have to let her roam does she get along with the other cats?
She was ready to be rescued😘
That sounds yummy 🤤 Julie!!!!
I didn’t want to freeze the meat so into the crock pot it went, somethings I freeze to cook later
Good morning Bella Buds and happy day to you.
Good Morning Debbie😍 how did you sleep?
I slept good most of the night but still wake up earlier than I want. It was before 6 when I woke up. I really want to sleep until 7. But I do ok.
Just stay in bed and try to fall back to sleep, at least stay in bed till its the time you want to get up😘
I probably stayed in bed nearly an hour but really if I’m not going back to sleep I’d rather be up and drinking my coffee and doing whatever.
I made myself stay in bed, well actually I got up feed Jade and laid back down, fell asleep again and Jade came to snuggle
Good morning Bellas bright and sunny here today jets are flying in I have seen none leave. I hope they figured out things last night. waiting to see one fly out. Coffee clinks😍
Good morning to you Julie!!!! And good morning to Jade!!!!
3 brushes done Lisa😍 coffee clinks pets and brushes for Marmalade and snowcone😘
Oh!!!! I’m sure Jade loves it!!! I’ll have to give Marmalade her late afternoon brushing when she wakes up. Snowcone is not as demanding, he can take it or leave it. I wonder if Macie wakes Debbie up super early!!!! I’ll have to ask her. sounds like Jade wakes you early…. I know mine do.
She does wake me up, but I fed her this morning so she wouldn’t pester me she just came and snuggled
No Macie doesn’t sleep with me. I go to bed before Jo, Casey or Macie and close my door. When I get up in the morning Macie is often on the bed with Jo.
If you left your door open I bet Macie would sleep with you too😘
I don’t really know but she gets in my lap in the mornings, that is good enough for me.
😍 you are her warm lap in the morning, that’s a great honor, she comes to you for that comfort😘
She does like laps unless she is hot.
Ahh ha, I see!!!!😅
There was a time this summer we should have turned on the AC and she was hot!
Good morning Sunshine, I guess they will get things back to normal soon.
It will take a while, delayed flights have priority and will be the first ones allowed to fly-the people have been waiting get to go first so flights will be messed up for a while, unfortunately for those who need to travel today
I saw one fly over when i walked
Nothing has taken off here, and what’s flying in is smaller planes, not the usual big jets. Still delays at the airport here, I just checked
It has really been a mess.
and it will be so for days