I have a desert area search plot that a survey (for birds) 2-3 times every ten days. I've got a black-chinned hummingbird female raising one chick in a nest in a desert willow (Chilopsis linearis).
She doesn't like it when I get near, though, so I check the nest status from about 20 feet away with my binocs.
Also been watching a brood of LeConte's thrashers turn into "punky teens."
I love my job!
Palin/Ryan 2012
Good.
Thanks for responding. :)