On Sun, 16 May 2004 12:27:24 -0400, "Fudge"
> wrote:

> So, I put out this humming bird feeder each year to attract the little
> buggers and guess what? There are two male birds doing IT next to the feeder
> tit. I am shocked!!!. This is very Darwinian. There otta be a law.
>

Hummingbirds are territorial and that extends to your
feeders. I suspect you saw dominant male beat up and evict
another male. If you want to attract a lot of hummingbirds,
place your feeders far enough apart that the alpha male
can't "protect" all of them at once.

http://portalproductions.com/h/behavior.htm


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