How many hummingbirds do you see?

[Stopsignhank]

We noticed this at one of our hummingbird feeders a couple of days ago. Could not count how many there are. I think we are on a hibernation path because we get this every once in a while.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hummingbirds/comments/m6qhfl

 

[shortylickens]

zero.

 

[snoopy7548]

Bout tree fiddy.

 

[zinfamous]

I'm surprised they aren't trying to kill each other.

 

[Scarpozzi]

We have a few feeders we put up. Normally we'll see 2-3 at a time. There are some holly trees on the property line in my yard and one of the males will fly over and perch on a branch in the tree....then when another hummingbird approaches the feeder, he'll dive bomb them to scare them off. It's pretty funny.

This past year, however, we were on vacation the first week of June. I believe we missed the window on hummingbirds in migration that week. There weren't quite as many through the season and we really didn't see any until August.

 

[Stopsignhank]

There was one little dude who tried to claim the feeder. He would puff up his tail feathers and show them how big and bad he is. He finally gave up and sat there on the feeder while the others flew all around him eating.

We have 3 feeders up one of the other feeders gets claimed by one bird but the other two are usually open to all. In this case this brood were all around this feeder and did not see the other one 15 feet away.

 

[dank69]

My wife puts up a feeder every year. One little asshole chases away any others that come near it. Builds his nest where he can keep an eye on it at all times.

 

[BoomerD]

Damn...that's a humm-endous number of little hummers.

It's surprising how territorial those little fckrs can be. I've had them buzz me when dealing with the feeders.

 

[IronWing]

Costa's, broad bills, and Anna's at the house so far.

 

[BudAshes]

Damn...that's a humm-endous number of little hummers.

It's surprising how territorial those little fckrs can be. I've had them buzz me when dealing with the feeders.

Imagine if one stuck his beak in your eye.

 

[nakedfrog]

I have to say, I was expecting something more like this dolphin picture.

 

[MtnMan]

I'm surprised they aren't trying to kill each other.

Difference in species. The hummers we get here (NC) are very territorial. Feeders are one at a time only, and even a different feeder 30 - 40 feet away is a problem for them. Most I have seen are 3 and none of them eat, as they are all too busy trying to drive the others away.

 

[Stopsignhank]

Difference in species. The hummers we get here (NC) are very territorial. Feeders are one at a time only, and even a different feeder 30 - 40 feet away is a problem for them. Most I have seen are 3 and none of them eat, as they are all too busy trying to drive the others away.

I had a problem with the feeders being taken over by one bully. I looked it up and they said that instead of putting the feeders far apart, to put them closer together. This way the bullies get over whelmed and get tired out. One of my feeders gets claimed by one bully but the other two usually open to all.

This video was a rare occurrence and I think they have already moved on. So weird to think these little dudes migrate.

 

[MtnMan]

I had a problem with the feeders being taken over by one bully. I looked it up and they said that instead of putting the feeders far apart, to put them closer together. This way the bullies get over whelmed and get tired out. One of my feeders gets claimed by one bully but the other two usually open to all.

This video was a rare occurrence and I think they have already moved on. So weird to think these little dudes migrate.

Will have to give that a try when they return in a month or so.

 

[Ken g6]

I think we are on a hibernation path because we get this every once in a while.

That's "migration" path. Unless they sleep there, all day and all night.

 

[Stopsignhank]

That's "migration" path. Unless they sleep there, all day and all night.

 

[skyking]

We have anna's that stay here year around, and rufous that migrate through. The anna's are the territorial ones, but will still sit 3~4 at the favorite 7 station feeder.
Here's that feeder with 5 having a running battle.

This one is interested in the camera, which is an old android phone.

https://youtu.be/0VdDW5ahB_o

They meet me whenever I am working on the feeders. The other day I'm on a ladder by the kitchen window feeder, and this male hovers a foot in front of my face, then I can feel the breeze as he hovers over my head to sit on top of the ladder. That was freaky.
The funniest thing I have seen was during rufous migration. They will sit 6 to a feeder and just eat, no dicking around.
This bird comes up to the full feeder, hovers around it till he finds a little one, and just picks it up by the wings and drops it, and takes it's place! How rude!

 

[IronWing]

We have mostly broad bills. The males will fight over the feeders all day then, as dusk arrives, like a light switch, they stop fighting and quietly sit side by side at the feeders tanking up for the evening.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

My dad's become one with his local hummers on Camano Island, WA. Here's him giving one a shower on a hot summer afternoon.

 

[skyking]

I'll have to try that!