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Index of Subjects --966167876-1003985740-1344616989=:97734 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --966167876-1003985740-1344616989=:97734 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:; background-color:; font-family:times new = roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style=3D"RIGHT: auto"><S= 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> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMIL= Y: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 1= 6px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto"></SPAN> </div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMIL= Y: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 1= 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> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMIL= Y: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 1= 6px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto"></SPAN> </div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMIL= Y: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 1= 6px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">Rob</SPAN></div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMIL= Y: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 1= 6px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto"></SPAN> </div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMIL= Y: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 1= 6px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">Georgefield NS<VAR id=3Dyui-i= e-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMIL= Y: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 1= 6px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto"></SPAN> </div> <div style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMIL= Y: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 1= 6px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto"></SPAN> </div> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <div>To free oneself of knowledge is to die, and thus one lives. - Krishnam= urti<BR></div> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SI= ZE: 12pt"> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SI= ZE: 12pt"> <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <DIV style=3D"BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; P= ADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PAD= DING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; B= ORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=3Dhr contentEditable= =3Dfalse readonly=3D"true"></DIV><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:= </SPAN></B> Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca><BR><B><SPAN style= =3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <BR><B><SPAN = style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, August 10, 2012 11:53:= 28 AM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Natu= reNS] Feeder Protector behaviour<BR></FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV id=3Dyiv1822842054> <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