Our own Hummingbird's Nests

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An acute observer has noticed and directed us to the lower north museum parking lot where we observed an inactive nest and a nest containing two young hummingbird chicks.  The mother was not around when the following pictures and video were taken:


inactive nest


The image below is a video:

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