We had a couple families of hummingbirds that took up residence in our backyard this summer. There appeared to be several different breeds of them, one of which was pretty aggressive. The little bird would sit up on a tree branch and guard the feeder, and as soon as another hummer would come to eat, it would fly down and dive-bomb the poor bird and chase it around the yard. It was something to watch!
We did some research and learned that hummingbirds can be very territorial. One day while we were outside there were six or seven of them flying around the feeder and chasing each other away. It was like a war zone! lol We were able to capture it on video which you can view at the bottom of this post :)
so very cute! I didn't realize they were territorial!
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Hi Jenn, I'm back to blogging after my break to work on renovating my living room...I've put pictures up of it so come see:-) Isn't it a hoot to watch hummingbirds "at war"? I can't get over how loud they can be when they're being territorial like that. The most we've had at one time are 4 and they refuse to share the feeder! lol You really did get some wonderful shots of them and I so enjoyed the video:-) xoxo
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