It's 3:45 in the afternoon, and I'm perched on a hundred-foot makeshift tower overlooking a scruffily majestic Ochroma pyramidale tree of about the same height. More commonly known as the balsa ...

They also covered his nest with the seeds of local Balsa trees (Ochroma pyramidale) that have the same hairy attribute, adding an extra layer of security to the budding hummingbird babe.