Jeff Horton
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Anyone else keep up Hummingbird feeders? I have kept them for years and always enjoy watching the little acrobats. Well I don't know what has happened but I am guessing the drought has cut the food supply down to nothing because my feeders are "The place to be" if your hummingbird!
For those that have never watched them they are mean and very territorial. I have 3 feeders and I have counted at least 8 birds out there at one time. Probably more than that but it's impossible to count with them flying so fast. Right now one bird stakes out each feeder. Another bird shows up and they fight over the feeder. Sometimes you have 3 or 4 birds fighting over one feeder and often two fights break out at the same time. I get dizzy trying to keep up with the action! It's a riot. And I often get buzzed by a retreating bird just a few feet from me.
I get the biggest kick when one dive bombs the other and I hear the thump as they hit. Nothing like a good cheap fight!
For those that have never watched them they are mean and very territorial. I have 3 feeders and I have counted at least 8 birds out there at one time. Probably more than that but it's impossible to count with them flying so fast. Right now one bird stakes out each feeder. Another bird shows up and they fight over the feeder. Sometimes you have 3 or 4 birds fighting over one feeder and often two fights break out at the same time. I get dizzy trying to keep up with the action! It's a riot. And I often get buzzed by a retreating bird just a few feet from me.
I get the biggest kick when one dive bombs the other and I hear the thump as they hit. Nothing like a good cheap fight!