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The Evolution Of The Hummingbird

By Kim Emy
  • Mating

    Mating

    After the mating season in March, the female manufactures the nest and lays eggs
  • Egg Laying

    Egg Laying

    Once the act is completed the female puts two to three eggs
  • Incubation  Period

    Incubation Period

    the female hatches them for fourteen to nineteen days
  • Raising Chickens

    Raising Chickens

    The young emerge from the eggs almost free of feathers and with closed eyes. They depend completely on their mother to eat and live
  • Plumage

    Plumage

    The first feathers come out on the eighth day
  • They leave the nest

    They leave the nest

    Three to four weeks the young leave their nest to fend for themselves