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I see this every summer at my feeder, with attendant decline in consumption!
Eieanor Lindsay
Seabright, St Margarets Bay
On 10/08/2012 10:30 AM, Larry at Bogan.ca wrote:
> All during the summer we had one family of hummingbirds, but then then in the last two weeks there has been an influx of hummers.
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> Now I have three feeders up and for awhile there was heavy feeding with as many as seven or more hummers. They would share and feed together. There has been a change in the last week and each of the feeders has a 'defender' usually a male hummer. This bird will not let any other hummer feed at 'its' feeder. It sits in a nearby tree or bush and if another hummer approaches, dive bombs that bird away.
>
> At first I moved feeders around hoping to confuse the 'defender' but quickly a bird takes up station at that feeder. Despite the number of hummers being about the same, the feeding has declined dramatically.
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> Has anyone else observed this seemingly, non-productive behaviour?
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> Puzzled
> Larry
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Eieanor Lindsay<br>
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<pre wrap="">All during the summer we had one family of hummingbirds, but then then in the last two weeks there has been an influx of hummers.
Now I have three feeders up and for awhile there was heavy feeding with as many as seven or more hummers. They would share and feed together. There has been a change in the last week and each of the feeders has a 'defender' usually a male hummer. This bird will not let any other hummer feed at 'its' feeder. It sits in a nearby tree or bush and if another hummer approaches, dive bombs that bird away.
At first I moved feeders around hoping to confuse the 'defender' but quickly a bird takes up station at that feeder. Despite the number of hummers being about the same, the feeding has declined dramatically.
Has anyone else observed this seemingly, non-productive behaviour?
Puzzled
Larry
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