Hummingbird Mother at Our Home

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Just outside one of the doors to our house, I have a few little planters hanging from hooks. A hummingbird built a nest on one of the strings holding up the planters. A few weeks, she laid two eggs and, just this morning, we were able to use a mirror to peek inside and discovered that the eggs had hatched and two little baby hummingbirds are inside. I know the photo above is blurry, but I could only take a photo of the mother on her nest from a distance and blow it up to make it larger. She has been such a good mommy! She sits with her babies as much as possible and then flies off to get food for them once in a while. That is when we get to peek. She has become very tolerant of my husband and me, but gets very upset when strangers come near, and buzzes around their heads. When we see someone approaching our door, we try to get them to come to our side door, but we don't always catch them in time! She always returns to the nest after the excitement is over!