So, we put up a hummingbird feeder a few months ago. I waited patiently for some hummingbirds to arrive. It took about a day. They were very shy at first. A couple of weeks later I noticed them chasing each other through the yard. "Oh look, they are playing!!" I said to my husband. Turns out they weren't playing at all. Hummingbirds are very territorial and they were fighting over our feeder! I figured it was somewhat harmless and decided that I would just continue to believe in my head that they were playing. I don't like confrontation. ;)
Well, today it got down right nasty!!. I can no longer pretend they are playing. They were hanging around the feeder this morning, literally attacking each other!! I was mortified, and feeling somewhat responsible for this situation, I started tapping on the window, yelling, "Stop that, Stop fighting!!!" (I am RIDICULOUS really!) At any rate, they didn't pay ANY attention to me and kept fighting away, jabbing at each other with their long pointy beaks. I ran and got my camera, but for fear of being impaled by a hummingbird beak I took these pictures from the safety of my kitchen, through the window. Clearly, I am not a wildlife photog nor do I have the equipment to truly capture such an event, but you can get the gist. Oddly enough, they still kind of look like they are playing in these. I can assure you they were NOT and I have decided to go and buy another feeder to place in a different part of the yard so we can all coexist peacefully!
