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.
If you want to see some of the most amazing dogfights in your life, put up three or four, all within sight of each other about 30' - 40' apart. This attracts multiple birds, and the distance is too great for one bird to dominate the food source, but just close enough to keep them pissed off at each other.
Somebody contact the slowmo guys from youtube, and that one director who loves explosions. Lets cover your backyard with green screens. Then we can shoot a movie kinda like Cars. Except instead of cars that can talk, it's birds that can talk.
But they're in the middle of war.
So lots of airborn dogfights, with CGI explosions.
I don't know what kind we have around here but the most aggressive thing they do is fly right up into your face, but come from behind you to freak you out thinking it's a huge mosquito.
Are you watching them with each other at a feeder? ‘Cause I’ve been witnessing a full on war between Rufous, Calliope, Broad Tailed, and Black Chinned hummingbirds around here. Doesn’t seem to vary too much between species—they’ve all been spoiling for a fight. You can even hear their beaks collide in mid air!
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