What a Hummingbird Home Looks Like

How a Hummingbird Builds a Nest: The female uses her body to smooth and shape the inside of the nest.

The nest's exterior is camouflaged with fibers, lichens, mosses, and plant matter.

Her nest can hold two eggs, which take 12 to 19 days to hatch. The majority of nests are constructed 10 to 40 feet above the ground in the fork of a tree or shrub.

To keep the nest together, attach it to the branch for support, and allow it to expand as the chicks develop, she gathers and weaves elastic spider silk throughout the structure.

One hummingbird egg is about the size of a jelly bean, while a hummingbird nest is around the size of a quarter!

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