Maybe some other small bird? Hummingbird nests usually are lichens and spider webs.

How big is it?

tj

Way too big to belong to a hummer!! And nothing to say that the nest did not do as intended and the fledglings, whatever they were, have all since flown the coop :-)

Thanks.... I just googled and way too big. They are only about the size of a quarter or smaller...so tiny! I just assumed since it was so small.

Gg dont you think its too clean to be used?

Here it is in my (small) hand...

It reminds me of House Wren nests I get in my big ivy pot every year. We watch them build and build, then they abandon it before laying eggs and build a new one somewhere else. They’re such sweeties, love them.

So maybe they just relocated after building that one. :)

House Wren nests are large jumbles of branches and sticks, not a carefully sculpted grass cup like this.

An unused sparrow’s nest would be my guess.

tj

Could be some sort of finch or chickadee/tit. They also construct very tidy, small nests. I recently had one build a nest on a piece of garden sculpture (which I carefully avoided while eggs were present). The chicks hatched and fledged and I removed the remains of the nest only a week or so ago.....it was clean as a whistle!!

Well with the variety of opinions I guess I’ll never know lol....just that its not a hummer for sure.

Thanks everyone!

GG thats pretty amazing that they are such good housekeepers!!

I've only had wrens nest in boxes i.e. bird houses.

A Mourning Dove's nest is usually a jumble of sticks, sometimes fairly flat, not sure how the nest remains on the branches without falling - babies included.

just put it back in the closest tree or large shrub.. see if something finds it ...

and whats so sad about it ... birds aint got nothing better to do than feed themselves.. build nests and procreate .. its not like they have day jobs or something ...

i used to get bummed when i saw stolen eggs broken.. etc .. and then realized.. the darn birds just got back to business and laid some more eggs... im like dude.. and dudette... get a hobby .. i dont need another bird around here pooping on my car ..

alas.. they said.. we have no other hobby.. chicks it is ... hey.. how about a condo out across the yard from this one ... he winked and said.. girlfriend.. real hussie.. but i digress ....

ken