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Hummingbird.net
Aug 28, 2021, 1:59 PM
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So aerozeptallica Has changed my ways and I’m cleaning my feeder every few days now.
Got a real a-hole male bird this year tho…..sits in a nearby tree or perches on the wire rail next to the feeder and dive bombs any bird that approaches. Interesting to watch but it was more fun watching 2 or 3 of them feeding at once from the same feeder.
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What noisy cats are we***
Aug 28, 2021, 2:02 PM
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Same here!
Aug 28, 2021, 2:03 PM
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We call our bully “Trump”!
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lutz***
Aug 28, 2021, 2:05 PM
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Same here. He sits on the pole and runs others away.
Aug 28, 2021, 2:12 PM
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Hummingbird fights are fast - would love to have a good slo mo video of what they are doing.
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Tmell your email
Aug 28, 2021, 2:17 PM
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I’ve got a video
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Eh,
Aug 28, 2021, 2:33 PM
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Re: Same here. He sits on the pole and runs others away.
Aug 28, 2021, 2:28 PM
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I was out in the garden one evening, and the little guy just hovered about 2 feet in front of my face for about 30 seconds. I thought about grabbing my phone, but I knew as soon as I moved he/she would jet. That's about as close as I've been to one. It was one of those pretty cool nature experiences.
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Trump waiting to get his pig made!
Aug 28, 2021, 2:16 PM
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Re: Hummingbird.net
Aug 28, 2021, 2:20 PM
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If you had two feeders, I wonder if he would be as territorial over the second feeder.
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We love watching the Coopers Hawks in the neighborhood...
Aug 28, 2021, 2:21 PM
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i've seen a bunch in the backyard this summer, and also a few huge red shouldered hawks.
They take care of the local chipmunks and squirrels.
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I wat the bluejays back in me yard.***
Aug 28, 2021, 2:29 PM
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Re: Hummingbird.net
Aug 28, 2021, 2:25 PM
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I have three feeders...
Aug 28, 2021, 2:50 PM
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The females are anti-social as the Lunge inmates. The male tends to sneak around to the open one so he's not harassed...and, frankly, he's decided to not to take their chit anymore. He turns the tables on them often as not.
Yeah, those females...you hear them griping before you see them...and the dogfights commence.
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They are indeed mean little buggers. We haven't attracted
Aug 28, 2021, 3:22 PM
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them, so go more for bluebirds. Been successful there, and have been surprised to see that they can be aggressively territorial too. Not nearly as bad as hummingbirds, though.
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If you want to have fun with the bluebirds,
Aug 28, 2021, 6:09 PM
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Put out some live mealworms in a tray-feeder. I usually would crush dead leaves over them so the birds were actually 'hunting'...they'd see the leaves move and pounce. Works well for teaching the young 'uns.
If you do, you'll find they're watching you constantly...even talking to you...waiting for more worms. We had a large window at our breakfast nook...they took to tapping on the window...'Hey! You! Yeah, you! Wifey and kids are hungry!' The male would usually sit in a tree close by watching me fill the tray and as soon as I stepped away, he went to it...and the clan followed!
Nature can be neat like that! 
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Happy 67th!
Aug 28, 2021, 10:20 PM
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I had no idea! You don’t look a day over 50.
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Martha and I can't wait for the bus tour to Branson
Aug 28, 2021, 11:28 PM
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this fall.
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