The "HUM-Cam" is back up.

[Catshrink]

This is an awesome webcam stream aimed at nesting hummingbird. The nest is in a rosebush in a California resident's yard. It is the size of a golf ball and the two eggs are the size of peas. One of the eggs has two cracks in it - or did yesterday. Momma bird is on the nest now so I can't see if more have developed.

Here is the link:

http://phoebeallens.com/

Here is an alternate link (the other one was hacked by a porn site yesterday but that seems to have been fixed):

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Hummingbird-Nest-Cam

[Ian David]

1. Cool! And here's a live webcam of chickens!

http://chickensoncamera.com/

[Jennicut]

3. The chickies are cute.

But my cat Daisy is now watching with interest. I hope she does not attack the computer.

[Catshrink]

6. I tried to get my cat to look at the computer screen.

No luck. I do have "Video Catnip" a video of backyard bird footage that both of my cats go crazy over. Maybe I'll shake things up a bit and put it on for them.

[Jennicut]

8. Both my cats are crazy about watching birds but they are 6 months and a year old.

Blackberry and Daisy will go after anything that moves, I think.

[Catshrink]

19. Finally one of my cats emerged from wherever he hides

I've had "Video Catnip" playing for about 30min and finally he woke up enough to hear it. It's pawing at the squirrel on the TV now. The dogs of course are sleeping right through everything.

[NJCher]

2. the colors!

So pretty.


Cher

[jody]

4. Thanks. n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

5. SWEET!

[Shell Beau]

7. For some reason, the other hummingbird thread got sent to the lounge.

x(

So fascinating though. I hope both eggs make it.

[Catshrink]

9. There were two threads that stayed in GD yesterday.

We'll see. I love watching this.

[Shell Beau]

10. Me too!! I am way too invested in these eggs.

So wonderful to watch nature up close like this.

[Barack_America]

20. I don't think that cracked one has much of a chance.

Sadly.

[Catshrink]

21. I thought it meant the chick was hatching.

:shrug:

[Barack_America]

22. Seems to be taking awfully long.

I'd love to be wrong.

[Catshrink]

23. I know what you mean

I don't know how long it's supposed to take to hatch. She sure is a pretty bird!

[Fla Dem]

11. OMG Momma bird is on the nest right now...she is beautiful...thanks for posting. n/t

[1776Forever]

12. Gorgeous colors! Thanks! Never saw one up so close.

Hope both eggs make it.

:loveya:

[cornflake_31]

13. This is cool

Things like this make you step back and remember that it isn't all just politics. Thnx for posting this. :)

[Catshrink]

14. Momma bird is away right now if you want to see the eggs.

[Shell Beau]

15. I think it was hacked again because when I hit refresh, it went to some

sex page. Now I can't get to that first link at all.

[Catshrink]

16. Does the second link work?

[Shell Beau]

17. Yes it does!!

I was chatting with a few people on the first link, but oh well. I can still watch the pretty bird. Thanks!!

[Fla Dem]

18. Both links seem operational. n/t

[Shell Beau]

31. Yeah, they had a moment though. Seems to happen often

when too many people are viewing.

[azmouse]

24. Reading some of the replies from the hummingbird folks and

it seems the first egg isn't viable. :(

Still waiting to see what will happen with the second egg.

[Catshrink]

25. Sorry to hear that.

:( is right.

[Catshrink]

26. Gee - I was just watching the bird and suddenly, the screen flashed and I had boobs in my face.

sort of anyway. Not my thing... I'm glad for the second link.

[eleny]

27. Have you seen the owl cam today?

She's so active. There are 5 eggs.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-owl-box

[Catshrink]

28. Thanks for the link!

I can toggle back and forth and watch the birds!

[eleny]

29. I opened a couple of Firefox windows and resized them to have them both open :)

Looks like the hum-cam is frozen right now. So mama owl is fun to watch even though she's sleeping at the moment. :hi:

Last year a friend sent me the stork cam that was in Poland. Really cool.

[Barack_America]

30. Oh dear.

Lizard. Forgot I had it open and heard frantic buzzing.

[babydollhead]

32. thank you!

[Hekate]

33. Thanks for the second link. That porn site was damn irritating.-- Mama bird is very upset right now

Her egg that was pipping is gone, and the chat-people seem to think a lizard got it. :-(

Hekate

[Barack_America]

35. Actually, she took it herself.

It clearly wasn't going to hatch so I guess she decided to get rid of it. Plucked it right out of the nest, she did.

[Catshrink]

40. Shoot. I missed it all.

I ran to the store to get the cabbage and potatoes for tomorrow.

[Emit]

42. You can watch it here, at this Archived Link

Godzilla attack!
Lizard tries to get to the nest but Phoebe attacks and the lizard falls off the branch (00:57:00) Phoebe removes egg...

Go to Archived Videos at this link:
http://www.ustream.tv/user/Pungh0li0

on edit--
It starts at about 57:00 and then the video goes on for a couple of minutes before she comes back to remove the egg. :(

[catbyte]

34. Oh, oh, one of Phoebe's eggs is gone!

There's talk that a lizard got it. I was watching the nest, then I went to do something, came back and the egg was gone! Did anyone see it?

[Barack_America]

36. I saw it.

She dive bombed the lizard and appeared to knock him off the branch, then swooped by and plucked out the egg herself. She's been agitated and hardly at the nest ever since.

[catbyte]

37. Thanks for the info, It looks like egg that had the hole in it

so maybe it was bad to begin with. Poor little thing. She does look spooked. This is more riveting than any soap opera!

[Barack_America]

38. She looks like she's considering getting rid of this egg too.

The guy running the web cam said it doesn't look like that one was fertilized.

[Emit]

41. There's a video of it here: "Godzilla Attack!"

Godzilla attack!
Lizard tries to get to the nest but Phoebe attacks and the lizard falls off the branch (00:57:00) Phoebe removes egg...

Go to Archived Videos at this link:
http://www.ustream.tv/user/Pungh0li0

on edit--
It starts at about 57:00 and then the video goes on for a couple of minutes before she comes back to remove the egg. Poor thing, you can hear her buzzing around, apparently trying to get the lizard away.

[mod mom]

43. someone commented on it that it hadn't moved, probably started to smell and it attracted

the lizard. Mama got rid of the egg as protection.

[zonkers]

44. a video of foiled lizard attack and bad egg ejection (which happens a few min. later)

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5495849

[housewolf]

39. Site hijacked again

But happily, the ustream link works

[omega minimo]

45. Why are you repeating that lie?

(the other one was hacked by a porn site yesterday but that seems to have been fixed):

It was corrected in the other thread. Did you see any porn?

[Fla Dem]

46. At this archived link from yesterday, lizard attacks at 57 seconds, Phoebe fights him off.

But then comes back at 1:00:51 and removes the damaged egg. According to chatter on site, she hasn't been seen since.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5495849