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Hummingbird Fledge Update: Everything is Awesome!

Breeze & Clover Hummingbird, Heddy’s chicks on the Ivy Hummingbird nest fledged earlier this week after 25 days on the nest. The live cam’s host gave us an update on the pair, and everything is looking great!

Breeze & Clover Hummingbird have fledged!

Breeze & Clover Hummingbird, Heddy’s chicks on the Ivy Hummingbird nest have fledged!

Breeze & Clover Hummingbird are ready to fledge!

Breeze and Clover, the two chicks of Heddy featured on the Ivy Hummingbird Nest, are 22 days old and already practicing their flying skills, beating their wings at 80 flaps per second! Today, and in the following few days, the pair will perch on the edge of the nest and regularly exercise their wings until

Name Heddy’s Hummingbird Chicks!

Heddy the hummingbird has made herself right at home at explore.org, nesting with her two chicks in the ivy hanging off a bottlebrush tree. Her name is inspired by that very ivy, Hedera Helix, and she’s quite happy with it. Now it’s up to you and two elementary school classes to give her chicks their