Here is a great blog (photos and description) from the North Cascades Basecamp in Mazama, WA watching the daily succession of mama hummingbird laying two eggs on June 29th to two fledglings on July 21st. http://northcascadesbasecamp.blogspot.com/search/label/birds

"...Carefully assembled on a thin, drooping, leafy branch about six feet above the ground was the tiny nest. It was a small and cup shaped, about five inches in length. Hummingbird nests are made by the female from materials like cotton from cottonwood trees strewn together by spiderwebs which is really cool. On top of the nest the female arranges lichen, possibly for camouflage. When we came to the nest the mom hummingbird was sitting on it. As we took a step closer she flew away with the typical whirring noise that hummingbirds make. Now we were able to look inside the nest to find that there were two, tiny, white, elliptical shaped eggs! Hummingbirds lay about two eggs 1-3 days apart. Amelia had seen only one egg the day before so the second one must have been laid today...

...The chicks are twenty days old today, the number of days predicted for a Calliope's hummingbird to fledge, which sure enough was right on! I checked on them this morning to find that they had survived the wind and rain of the storm in the protected foliage of the forest. Both chicks woke up when I arrived, they also appeared to be much greener in color. I took a few pictures, and as I turned to leaved both chicks flew out of the nest. I was able to turn around and see one of them fly up into a neighboring tree!"

Kim and Steve Bondi

North Cascades Basecamp
255 Lost River Road
Mazama, WA 98833
509-996-2334
www.NorthCascadesBasecamp.com