We love when these little beauties zip around our gardens, visiting our feeders and sipping from our flowers. But if you feel like you haven’t seen any hummingbirds lately, you may not be mistaken. “Summertime is nesting season, and one reason you might not see them as often is because they’re busy with nests,” says Holly Grant, project assistant for NestWatch at Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Like any new parent, these birds are focused on their babies. “Hummingbirds like Ruby-throated , which are common in the East, Anna’s and Broad-billed , which are both common in the West, need about two weeks to incubate their tiny eggs,” says Grant. "During that time, they’re trying to be as secretive as possible, so they don’t unintentionally attract predators to their nests.”

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