This poem is from a journal of poems chronicling the life of a hummingbird family one spring from February 3rd through April 1st. In the author's note, Ms. George relates how the hummingbird nest on her family's patio and the journal she kept "evolved into this poetry collection."
Just Hatched
by Kristine O'Connell George
breath a shudder
as he huddles down deep
in the nest, head tucked in,
his body softly rounded,
warmly molded to the form
he once knew so well,
the smooth curved
world of shell.
From: HUMMINGBIRD NEST. By Kristine O'Connell George. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Published by Harcourt, Inc. Copyright 2004.
Using the links below, as well as any of the print resources at the end of the book, research and share about hummingbirds. There are over 300 different species of hummingbirds, find out which are indigenous to your area. A good class project would be to research what type of plants attract these little birds and plant them in a school garden or flower bed and see if you soon have some new little friends.
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