<div dir="auto"><div>It was fun, and really interesting to watch the babies grow. This was unfortunately back inna day, before cell phones & the convenience of photos & video, & I didn't even have a camera. 😖</div><div dir="auto">Unlike geese, swans or pigeons which mate for life, hummers get new partners every season; but that male was sooo protective, chasing after birds far bigger than him. Serious business to him I'm sure, but from my perspective, it was kinda cute & funny. And he always won, at least the times I observed it. I think maybe it was mostly his speed: like aerial combat between a Messerschmitt vs a B-17 Flying Fortress. </div><div dir="auto">Bird combat 😆</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Randall Kidder</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 4, 2024, 4:48 PM Chris Hoke via fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Wow, I am jealous, Randall! I would LOVE to see a hummingbird nest with eggs or babies.</div>
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<p>Interesting descriptions, especially of the nest and tiny eggs, Randy. Thanks for sharing. My aunt and uncle lived in Sedona, Arizona and had an active hummingbird feeder on their patio. It was a delight to watch.</p>
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<p style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Randall Kidder via fuusmchat</a><br>
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<p>I remember one place I lived we had fuschias (& hummingbird feeders) hanging on the porch. One year a hummer made a nest in one of the hanging baskets. !! Occasionally I would climb a ladder to check on the eggs, like about the size
of my little fingernail. They hatched. So tiny! And the alpha male would often <b>
<i>sit </i></b>on the porch railing & "stand guard" and actually fly off & harass other birds that came near. It's the only time I ever saw one sit. Kinda funny & cute (sort of a David & Goliath thing).</p>
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<p>Once visited my aunt in Arizona. They had hummingbird feeders on the back porch in Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Park (her husband was a park ranger, he specialized in ornithology - even wrote pamphlets & booklets for the Park Service). The
air would sometimes be literally buzzing dronelike with over half a dozen different species of hummers flying around. It was so cool seeing so many different kinds. </p>
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<p>On Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 12:10 PM Chris Hoke via fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Last night, Sunday, I was out on the deck from about 8:30 - 9:30 pm. The hummers were busy at the feeder. I saw four of them fussing around and finally settled on the feeder together.
They came and went. At one time when there were four of them at the feeder, I saw two more flying about. So, we have at least 6 hummers here. No doubt many more.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">So you need to report to Julie Z. That all your hummers are here in Tyler Co. WV! </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">They must like my "cooking"!</span></p>
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