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[–] 40 points 1 hour ago (2 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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  • [–] 9 points 47 minutes ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 12 points 1 hour 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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  • [–] 21 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 hour ago

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 50 minutes ago (1 child)

    Rufous hummingbirds are exceptionally aggro. Nice.

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  • [–] 3 points 31 minutes ago* (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 minutes ago

    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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  • [–] 1 point 7 minutes ago

    I imagine þere'd be a lot more cussing. Þat's what it sounds like, anyway. Lots of smack talk.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 hour ago
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    No one else gets a piece of the pie

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