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[–] 82 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

For those who don’t live around hummingbirds, they are aggressive little shits who all hate each other and engage in sky battles over feeders, even if they have an abundance of food. They’re like Conor McGregor got hit with a shrink ray and he thought controlling the supply of sugar water was the only way to start getting the respect he deserves again.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    They are downright aggressive - and bossy! One of them will guard the feeder from a nearby tree and dive-bomb any other hummingbird that comes in to eat. And then two of them will guard at the same time, so when a third comes to the feeder, Kenny Loggins suddenly starts playing and there’s dogfights right next to my deck.

    And don’t let the feeder go empty. They will complain LOUDLY. One of them saw me in the kitchen and came up to the window and hovered there, staring at me like, “why is this feeder empty, bro?”

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  • [–] 22 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

    Every weekend, I go out to do work in my garden and I can hear them. They chirp really sharp and often, they ‘whoosh’ really fast they sometimes sound like drones.

    I call it the hummingbird wars and it’s constant lol

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