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.



guest
47.2K Comments
julie
August 19, 2026 2:45 pm

I’m going to clean up and take a walk down to the corners. I have vibes to go there😍 I will walk pass the community gardens so will look for more Monarchs and Monarch eggs😘 I will go around 4pm so see you later

Last edited 15 hours ago by julie
KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 3:16 pm
Reply to  julie

Have fun Julie. Hope you find eggs or caterpillars.

julie
August 19, 2026 12:29 pm

All Monarchs are released just one more in chrysalis and 2 caterpillars that are growing, releasing 4 monarchs in one day is like magic and a record for me 😍 I have had lots of doubles in the past

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:50 pm
Reply to  julie

Congratulations Mom. You had quadruplets.

julie
August 19, 2026 2:47 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

They all flew straight up into the tree brnches😍 its fly a bit and rest

Karen Marie
August 19, 2026 8:37 pm
Reply to  julie

How lovely, Julie! ❤️

Deborah
August 19, 2026 11:47 am

just for the record, my giphy is not working either

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 11:49 am
Reply to  Deborah

😯

Deborah
August 19, 2026 12:01 pm

and now it is working, that’s crazy 😳

Deborah
August 19, 2026 12:07 pm
Reply to  Deborah

and now they’re not 😩

julie
August 19, 2026 12:13 pm
Reply to  Deborah

Takes a while to load

julie
August 19, 2026 12:12 pm
Reply to  Deborah

Mine just started working on its own Deborah Good day to you😘

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 11:22 am

Julie: Ready for release

IMG_1548
KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 11:24 am
Reply to  KyDebbie

Beautiful. What is the green thingy?

julie
August 19, 2026 11:29 am
Reply to  KyDebbie

Green thing is the chrysalis there’s a monarch butterfly in it, probably reveal tomorrow😍 they turned into chrysalis around the same time

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 11:33 am
Reply to  julie

Oh I thought the chrysalis was white.

julie
August 19, 2026 12:03 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

They are green with gold dots around the top half

Screenshot-2026-08-19-12.02.42-PM
Screenshot-2026-08-19-12.02.02-PM
KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 12:06 pm
Reply to  julie

Cute little things.

julie
August 19, 2026 11:27 am
Reply to  KyDebbie

It had just revealed its self😍the transparent thing hanging to the right is the chrysalis it just came out of

Last edited 18 hours ago by julie
Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 11:51 am
Reply to  julie

very cool Julie

Karen Marie
August 19, 2026 8:42 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

How exciting! 🥰

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 11:13 am

After emailing with lady from the gummies, she has decided to refund my money because she figured it would happen again and that’s what I had written to her telling our temperatures are 105 plus right now and it really doesn’t cool down until the end of October. It’s already in my bank account in the works. And she’s already got her spot at the street fair in December so I can look for her and buy them then a win-win

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 11:27 am

Good morning Ardy that is great. Perfect. Can you buy something locally for the interim?

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 11:53 am
Reply to  KyDebbie

see above what i replied to Julie↑↑↑

julie
August 19, 2026 12:37 pm

Ardyth its weird that they melted I know the heat but would regular gummies melt? Like gummy bears? Haribo gummies don’t melt

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 12:53 pm
Reply to  julie

They might in an UPS truck with NO AC with 107 temps….

julie
August 19, 2026 1:17 pm

Just seems like the mix might of not been stable like the gelatine didn’t set up all the way?

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:38 pm
Reply to  julie

Ashley and her husband own the company and they live in AZ . They are different than gummy bears you buy w/o cbd.

Last edited 16 hours ago by Ardyth ~ Tucson
Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:41 pm

They live in AZ.

https://www.hempwellco.com/

julie
August 19, 2026 2:10 pm

I get ones with CBD too they have both 😘

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 2:01 pm
Reply to  julie

They are a softer gummy to begin with , nothing like Harribo

julie
August 19, 2026 2:09 pm

Oh the ones I get are not soft like that like I said never heard of that happening that’s why I was kinda shocked that they melted

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 2:12 pm
Reply to  julie

I have bought from two local companies and they are on the soft side.

julie
August 19, 2026 2:58 pm

Not like that up here must be using different recipes😜

Deborah
August 19, 2026 2:14 pm
Reply to  julie
  • Gelatin-based gummies usually begin to soften around 85°F and can melt completely by 90°F.
  • Pectin-based gummies—like the vegan ones we make at Calm by Wellness—have a higher melting point, closer to 100°F, which makes them more stable and heat-resistant.

Still, even pectin-based gummies aren’t invincible in extreme heat. The environment matters.

Are Your CBD Gummies Melting? Here’s What You Should Know – Calm by Wellness

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 2:26 pm
Reply to  Deborah

Mine kind of melted together in our medicine chest….That is how hot it is here, even in the house next to the outside wall

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 2:26 pm
Reply to  Deborah

Thanks Deb!

julie
August 19, 2026 3:01 pm
Reply to  Deborah

I don’t have the heat and its the recipe I have been using them for years and just never had them melt, it does say on the packaging to keep in a cool dry place

julie
August 19, 2026 12:33 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

I can buy them at the happy store a gas station and a head shop tobacco outlet can buy them anywhere here

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 12:37 pm
Reply to  julie

They are the CBD ones right? Can you buy legal THC ones?

julie
August 19, 2026 1:20 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

I get THC ones that have CBD in them too, I can buy stuff here

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 12:53 pm
Reply to  julie

I can too but I am lazy……so usually buy them at the street fair

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 12:59 pm

Your Walmart may have them or Total Wine.

julie
August 19, 2026 1:18 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

They wouldn’t sell them at Walmart

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:23 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

no they dont sell them

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:25 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

There are LOTS of specialty shops here where you buy them…….i dont need them now

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:44 pm

So the magnesuim really is helping. I’m so happy for you. The RLS was a really bad thing for you! You might not need them but you must have wanted them to order them. Was your flying to MN easier than expected, RLS wise I mean. Certainly not the cancelled flight.

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:59 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

Yes it was and even on the five hour drive from Austin to Aitkin.

I never come home at night so I wasnt thinking and didnt bring any of my nighttime meds so that is why my legs were out of control……I had some OTC tabs that melt under the tongue that i was taking but by that time they stopped helping.

julie
August 19, 2026 11:31 am

That is a win!!!!! but a bit of a wait

Last edited 18 hours ago by julie
Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 11:53 am
Reply to  julie

Julie I started using magnesium at the suggestion of Dr Julie and I started it a week before I went to Minnesota and I haven’t had any problems at night, in fact they drive me crazy mid afternoon and I haven’t had any problems with that either so I don’t care if I have to wait for the gummies maybe I won’t even need them by then

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 12:03 pm

Oh Ardy do you mean the restless leg is better because of the magnesuim? Had your lab showed low magnesuim? Or did the doctor just think a higher level would help you? It will be a miracle if that helps RLS. You have suffered for years.

Lynn
August 19, 2026 12:17 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

I know some who have that are low in magnesium and that it can help.

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 12:26 pm
Reply to  Lynn

I have been on 800 mg of magnesium for years. It know it can affect lots of things.

Deborah
August 19, 2026 2:21 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

wow, is that daily? the recommended for women daily is 310 to 320 mg

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 2:32 pm
Reply to  Deborah

Yes daily for years.

julie
August 19, 2026 2:56 pm
Reply to  Deborah

😳 to much does cause problems

Screenshot-2026-08-19-2.54.48-PM
Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 12:56 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

Julie told me to try taking magnesium glycinate 200 for RLS.
It had nothing to do with my labs

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:02 pm

So your labs were probably normal for magnesium. Was that NP Julie or Dr. Julie?

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:03 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

Julie who i have gone to for years…she WAS an NP

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:18 pm

You referred Dr. Julie in one of your posts so I thought it might be your new doctor.

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:36 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

I always called her my DR

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:49 pm

Ok.

julie
August 19, 2026 2:05 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

I see Julie and I think its me😂😜

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 2:12 pm
Reply to  julie

I am sure you do😍

julie
August 19, 2026 2:51 pm

😍

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:20 pm

So she isn’t a NP somewhere else?

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:04 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

My labs had nothing to do with her decision…I was telling her how miserable i am late afternoons and she suggested magnesium

Last edited 17 hours ago by Ardyth ~ Tucson
KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:18 pm

But do you think it has helped RSL when you sleep or travel?

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:26 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

yes, that is why i dont need them now. I only took them when i was in bed and my legs wouldn’t calm down.

Last edited 16 hours ago by Ardyth ~ Tucson
KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:47 pm

Oh Ardy you have talked about RLS for as long as I’ve known you, this is a really big thing. Makes me happy and with all that has been going on here I’m so glad to have good news.

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 2:22 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

Hope it lasts

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 2:33 pm

I do too! It should.

julie
August 19, 2026 2:43 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

Me too😍

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 3:35 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

I have had restless legs since the 80s and when I was working at Supercuts in the early 90s a woman sat in my H chair and I was talking about my legs and she said there’s a pill for that and I had no idea so I went to the doctor at the time that I had and she sent me two a neurologist And that’s when I was prescribed Parkinson’s medicine. I also had a Baker cyst at that time That was very painful and I had to stand 8 hours a day and cut hair It was… Read more »

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 4:23 pm

The Baker’s cyst and RLS are completely unrelated right? Just think if you had had the cyst drained you might have been saved years of pain. My Mom had a liver cyst drained and they said it would fill back up, but to my knowledge it didn’t. At least now that is gone and it seems RLS is too. That is wonderful. Gabapentin apparently is not a good long time med, I guess sorta like prednisone. They make you feel better but can be damaging in other ways. Prednisone did a lot of damage to Karen. So do you still… Read more »

julie
August 19, 2026 1:25 pm

Its good for RLS Ardyth

Screenshot-2026-08-19-1.24.33-PM
Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 1:28 pm
Reply to  julie

😘

julie
August 19, 2026 12:16 pm

Magnesium is so good for you and great you found something that works for you😘

julie
August 19, 2026 11:05 am

Got my coffee checked on the Monarchs there were two ready to be released and to more had revealed them selves so I had 4 monarchs released 2 the other ones need to wait a bit till wings are dry. I have them in their cage in the sun to help their wings dry, it will take about a half hour. 11:00 and wheres Debbie?

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 10:54 am

Good morning Bella Buds. I still haven’t heard the time for my scope tomorrow. Good grief. I called them and left a message so I still wait. I missed my cookie this morning. ☹️😁. I did have a pop cycle but it only has 30 calories. I’m going to drink a 6 oz pineapple juice that has 100 calories! That is a lot of calories for a small amount, which goes against what I have trained myself to consume. Oh, not worried or complaining, it is just one day. They just called while I was typing. I need to be… Read more »

julie
August 19, 2026 11:16 am
Reply to  KyDebbie

Good Morning Debbie I typed the post below at 11:05am and your post up top wasn’t here and it says 10:54am you can’t eat all day? thought cut off point would be midnight?

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 11:32 am
Reply to  julie

Good morning Sunshine. I have noticed sometimes a 10 minute, maybe longer delay in posts showing up. I can only have clear liquid all day. Chicken broth, jello, popcycles, , Gatorade, tea, coffee. No dairy of any kind. No juices with pulp even. So about all my calories will be sugar.

julie
August 19, 2026 11:43 am
Reply to  KyDebbie

You will survive it’s one day😍 Judy says Hi!!!! we are going to a state park and you have to purchase a park pass to get into the park and I remembered our libraries are giving out free park passes so she went to her library and got free pass

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 11:46 am
Reply to  julie

You can get free passes to Federal parks too. Do both of you have to have a pass or is one good for everyone in a car? When are you going to the park?

julie
August 19, 2026 12:06 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

It’s for the car, we will go next Wensday that’s the plan the pass is good for 3 days so if we needed another day because of weather and have to change the date we have a window we can go

julie
August 19, 2026 11:50 am
Reply to  julie

we are going to Devils Lake state park, its about a hour away😍theres lots of hiking trails a lake with a beach, we are going next Wensday

Screenshot-2026-08-19-11.47.37-AM
Screenshot-2026-08-19-11.46.29-AM
Screenshot-2026-08-19-11.45.52-AM
Last edited 18 hours ago by julie
KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 11:57 am
Reply to  julie

That is a beautiful place. Are you going today?

julie
August 19, 2026 12:09 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

Next week we will go its a lake made by a glacier

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 12:12 pm
Reply to  julie

That will be so much fun.

julie
August 19, 2026 12:24 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

will have to see how it goes Judy’s Mom is coming with she can’t do hiking and that’s why you go to Devils Lake to hike

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 12:05 pm
Reply to  julie

When are you going to the park?

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 12:04 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

I dont think i heard why you are having an endoscopy??

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 12:08 pm

I had Barrett’s in my esophagus but it was gone during my last scope. I think my first scope was done for another reason.

julie
August 19, 2026 12:25 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

And you will be clean as a whistle😘

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 12:27 pm
Reply to  julie

Maybe not the bowels! They don’t clean that for this scope. But I will have an empty stomach.

julie
August 19, 2026 1:15 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

No silly that your esophagus is clean😘 you have food on your mind

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:22 pm
Reply to  julie

It is the stomach that needs to be cleaned, but I suppose they don’t want the esophagus to be stained by red or purple drinks or food.

julie
August 19, 2026 1:30 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

Oh OK Bruce has Barretts too but they focus on his esophagus they scrape his esophagus so I was thinking that’s what you were having done.

KyDebbie
August 19, 2026 1:48 pm
Reply to  julie

My Barrett’s was gone the last scope. They never scraped my esophagus. They prescribed omeprazole for acid.

julie
August 19, 2026 2:49 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

Bruce had to have his esophagus scraped to remove polips one was pre cancerous he gets this done once a year

Ardyth ~ Tucson
August 19, 2026 12:51 pm
Reply to  KyDebbie

😘