[NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbitd

Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 06:38:01 -0300
From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill@bellaliant.net>
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I bought and hung out a hummingbird feeder about a week ago. Yesterday a 
hummingbird fed from it and decided to stake out its territory.  It 
chased away Black-capped Chickadees that were feeding at a sunflower 
feeder that was 20 feet away fram the hummingbird feeder.  It chased a 
House Sparrow from my backyard.  It dove at a Downy Woodpecker but 
stopped about a foot from it and flew back to a bush.  Interestingly, 
the woodpecker froze as it normally does when danger threatens.  It was 
quite a while before the woodpecker resumed feeding at the peanut feeder.

I hope the dog-in-the-manger hummingbird doesn't succeed in keeping the 
whole yard for itself.

Don
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Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net

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