And on a happier note, years ago a female Anna's at my feeder was buzzed by
a maler, causing the female to exit rapidly, only to fly into and be
impaled, like a dart, on a nearby, open, screen door. It struggled to
extract itself of course, and when It seemed 'stuck' I headed out to
assist, but it succeeded in getting free and flew off as I arrived.. No
hummers were injured in this case.
Bob OBrioen
On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 6:46 PM Robert O'Brien <
baro at pdx.edu> wrote:
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On this ugly subject, years ago I photographed an adult Anna's attempting
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to rape a young, out of the nest, fledgling that had a still short beak and
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could not fly very well..
>
Bob OBrien
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>
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On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 6:44 PM Robert O'Brien <baro at pdx.edu> wrote:
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I found it amazing. Almost unbelievable. BUT..............see here.
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Appears also to be a molting (immature?) Anna's killing an adult.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MSlJEZrj0
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Bob OBrien Portland
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On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 5:48 PM Steve Giles <giles.steve at hotmail.com>
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wrote:
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>>>
Hello all,
>>>
>>>
This morning I witnessed a male Anna's hummingbird impaling another male
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Anna's with its beak until it died.
>>>
>>>
At about 9 AM I looked out at our feeders and on one of them I saw what
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looked like an Anna's perched on top of something dark and horizontal in
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the channel of the feeder. The perched bird seemed to be stabbing whatever
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it was on with its bill. I looked through my bins and saw that it was
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another hummingbird laying on the feeder being repeatedly stabbed by the
>>>
bird on top of it. Next I slowly walked out to the feeder and got to within
>>>
18 inches of the activity and had close views of one male Anna's
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vigorously impaling another around the head and throat. The attacker was so
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consumed by its efforts that it only spooked when I got within a foot of
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the scene. This all happened in about fifteen minutes. Finally the prone
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bird tumbled off the feeder onto the ground. I later collected it and will
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take it to the Burke Museum.
>>>
>>>
Has anyone else seen Anna's aggressive behavior rise to this deadly
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level?
>>>
>>>
Steve Giles
>>>
>>>
Camano Island
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>>>
>>>
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