[NatureNS] Feeder Protector behaviour

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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:43:09 -0700 (PDT)
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In anticipation of dominent males, I always set up my small feeders first i=
n locations that I do not want as busy. I then set up the big 4 cup feeders=
 (8 ports) for the less dominent males and females to use.=0A=A0=0AIn late =
June and July, with the young usually only one male gets to hang on to his =
feeder and the rest become a free for all. Even if the dominent male trys t=
o control the big feeder once it is the only one left the swarm overwhelms =
him. Currently I am going through 4 plus litres a day with only one or two =
males left. My wife said she used upwards of 6 litres a day last week.=0A=
=A0=0ARob=0A=A0=0AGeorgefield NS=0A=A0=0A=A0=0A=0ATo free oneself of knowle=
dge is to die, and thus one lives. - Krishnamurti=0A=0A=0A_________________=
_______________=0AFrom: Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca>=0ATo: natur=
ens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Friday, August 10, 2012 11:53:28 AM=0ASubject: =
Re: [NatureNS] Feeder Protector behaviour=0A=0A=0AI see this every summer a=
t my feeder, with attendant decline in consumption!=0A=0AEieanor Lindsay=0A=
Seabright, St Margarets Bay=0A=0A=0A=0AOn 10/08/2012 10:30 AM, Larry at Bog=
an.ca wrote:=0A=0AAll during the summer we had one family of hummingbirds, =
but then then in the last two weeks there has been an influx of hummers.=20=
=0D=0DNow I have three feeders up and for awhile there was heavy feeding wi=
th as many as seven or more hummers. They would share and feed together. Th=
ere has been a change in the last week and each of the feeders has a 'defen=
der' 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 appro=
aches, dive bombs that bird away.=0D=0DAt first I moved feeders around hopi=
ng to confuse the 'defender' but quickly a bird takes up station at that fe=
eder. Despite the number of hummers being about the same, the feeding has d=
eclined dramatically.=0D=0DHas anyone else observed this seemingly, non-pro=
ductive behaviour?=0D=0DPuzzled=0DLarry 
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PAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">In anticipation of dominent males, I always set u=
p my small feeders first in locations that I do not want as busy. I then se=
t up the big 4 cup feeders (8 ports) for the less dominent males and female=
s to use.</SPAN></div>
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6px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">In late June and July, with t=
he young usually only one male gets to hang on to his feeder and the rest b=
ecome a free for all. Even if the dominent male trys to control the big fee=
der once it is the only one left the swarm overwhelms him. Currently I am g=
oing through 4 plus litres a day with only one or two males left. My wife s=
aid she used upwards of 6 litres a day last week.</SPAN></div>
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</SPAN></B> Eleanor Lindsay &lt;kelindsay@eastlink.ca&gt;<BR><B><SPAN style=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D+1>I see this every summer at my feeder</FONT><FONT size=
=3D+1>, with attendant decline in consumption!<BR><BR>Eieanor Lindsay<BR>Se=
abright, St Margarets Bay<BR><BR><BR></FONT>
<DIV class=3Dyiv1822842054moz-cite-prefix>On 10/08/2012 10:30 AM, Larry at =
Bog