Subject: Why can't my hummers just get along?
Date: May 3 16:46:24 2000
From: mail to:jbroadus at seanet.com - jbroadus at seanet.com


I have a minimum of two and possibly more female rufuous hummers that
fight over one of my feeders. I have visited plenty of feeders at other
locations and I see multiple birds feed at once, side by side, peaceably
drinking away, but not "mine"!

There is another feeder about 25 feet away that they will use occasionally,
but never when the other bird(s?) are using the other one. If there are ever
two birds in sight at one time, they are chasing each other and whirring and
clicking like banshees.

The feeders are not the same design, but I don't know if they favor one or
they just like to fight!
Clarice Clark
Puyallup, WA. 98371
mailto:jbroadus at seanet.com