Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Ruby Throated Hummingbird = Crabby Little Bird!, 1 by mlm01

mlm01 wrote:
I have 4 feeders up now and I am wondering if the male hummers have boundaries in their little territories. I say this because I now have 2 hummers, one exclusively guards one feeder and the other guards 3. However, when they fly at each other they seem to stop at a certain point in the yard every time, and they don't go to each other's feeders. They both chase off a third male who is very persistent! I am going to put up at least 3 more feeders in various spots and see what happens.

Here's a crude mapy of the feeders, and what appears to be the hummer boundary line! (the red that says "Hummer #2's feeders is really for hummer #1, if anybody's interested!) ☺


This message was edited Aug 16, 2005 4:15 PM