Alek Komarnitsky learned that hummingbirds had nested at a local golf course and took several high-resolution photographs. Here are the two babies, almost ready to leave the nest. The housefly on the branch gives you a sense of the scale.
Link via American Digest
thats one brave house fly
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That's a horsefly.
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yes. that is DEFINITELY a horsefly. 2.5-3 times the size of a regular housefly.
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Either way...neat. His site has a grouse bunch of fodes on an owl nest as well.
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I felt a little sad when I saw the empty nest
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