Tuesday, September 17, 2013

"King of the Mountain" aka "bully in the bird world"

Hubby and I have spent a lot of time the last few days watching the hummingbirds play “king of the mountain”. They sure don’t share with each other very good. Every year there is one that appoints himself the keeper of the food. We have three feeders a distance from each other. But he won’t share any of it. We have seen the bully knock another hummingbird right out of the air. That poor fellow sat there on the ground for about 5 minutes before he took flight again.  I guess there are bullies in nature, too.

 





5 comments:

  1. Who'd have guessed they'd be so aggressive?

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  3. Sometimes,when we sit on the patio, we have to duck or get hit.

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  4. Seriously, you are on YouTube, too???!! I've created a monster! You ROCK, Mom! Love the video!

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  5. How interesting. I'd heard these birds can be very aggressive and even violent. (Ouch!) I'd hate to get struck with that beak.

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