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Old 25-04-2007, 05:18 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.orchids
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Default Hummer Chicks at 6 days old

Woodpeckers wow! Would love to see pics. Cheers Wendy
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Incredible. Nature is amazing. A cardinal built a nest in our lime tree
last year, only about 4 feet above the ground, so we were treated to even
more sightings of the babies flying around. And we have two bird houses in
back that redheaded woodpeckers *remodel* every year. It's really fun to
watch.

Diana

"Wendy7" wrote in message
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With no feathers, these little guys are so tiny, about the size of a
fingernail, look like bugs. The eggs look like breath mints.

The inside of the nest is about 1/2 inch across.

If you look carefully there is a tiny bit of orange which is one of the
chicks beaks.

At 6 days old they have doubled in size & will actually fledge at about
24
days old.

Cheers Wendy