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Index of Subjects I do indeed have a regular bird feeder in the area, and it was a male hummingbird - thanks! And now I have just witnessed another unusual (for me), and delightful, hummer behaviour; I went out to water some newly planted seeds with a full watering can and as soon as I started watering a male hummer appeared and hovered under the (gentle) stream of water. He eventually settled on the ground, still under the falling water and stayed there fanning out his tail and stretching his wings and shaking himself until all the water was finished! I was so enchanted I missed the seeds altogether!! Eleanor L. Wild Flora wrote: > Hummingbirds combine the body of a cottonball with the personality of an > enraged rhinocerous. Male hummingbirds in particular have a reputation for > being very aggressive in defense of a good food source. If you have a feeder > on or near your deck, or if there is some other good food source nearby, > that would probably explain this behavior. > Wild Flora > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of Eleanor Lindsay > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:31 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Hummingbird > > This morning I watched hummingbird behaviour I have never seen before: > It seemed to be having a spat with a chickadee in a tree overhanging my > deck, flying at it, chattering furiously and zig-zagging back and forth > in front of it and very close to it. Every time the chickadee moved the > hummer followed it and resumed its zig-zag behaviour. The chickadee > finally flew off, hotly pursued by the chattering hummingbird. > What would this be all about? > Eleanor Lindsay > > > > > > >
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