The prolific nature of the hummingbird
![An Anna's hummingbird on one of her nests. (Photo by Eric Pittman)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/species/bird/AnnaHumm-EricPittman-thumb.jpg)
An Anna's hummingbird on one of her nests. (Photo by Eric Pittman)
I had no idea how many nests a hummingbird could build in a year. In fact, I hardly thought about hummingbirds at all until Sweetiebird entered our lives. Sweetiebird revealed herself to us by fluttering out of the pear tree in our backyard every...
The hummingbird's igloo
![Sweetiebird, an Anna's hummingbird, in her igloo. (Photo by Eric Pittman)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/species/bird/Sweetiebird-an-Anna-s-hummingbird-in-its-igloo-thumb.jpg)
Sweetiebird, an Anna's hummingbird, in her igloo. (Photo by Eric Pittman)
I always thought of hummingbirds as warm-weather birds. So I was surprised to see an Anna's hummingbird building a nest in early February. I was even more surprised because it was its sixth nest in a year, built in our yard. I live in Victoria,...