Posted: 6/28/2006 7:08:51 AM EDT
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youtube.com/watch?v=Xtx0zLjwd-c Took a little video yesterday afternoon. 
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I have a feeder almost exactly the same as yours. Instead of the pearch all the way around it has individual ones at each flower. We get lots of them too (I think they nest in the maple tree not too far from the house), I love to watch them, from the kitchen window they don't seem to be able to see us too well so they don't get scared off. When we look at them from the family room the slightest movement and they are gone. (kitchen and familty room form a right angle as part of the kitchen bumps out as an addition.) |
We had one female red throat this spring that would chase off any bird that came near the feeder. She would perch in a bush about 20' from the feeder and keep a watch. |
They're so used to my wife and I that they just sit on the feeder and look at us. I was about 3' from the feeder when I shot this footage. |
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They'll come up and do a sort of visual reconnaisance. Out in our lounge chairs on the deck, a hummer will fly up about a foot from my face, just hover there and kind of go "Oh, it's just you", then over to my guy, hover in front of his face, then fly over to the feeder. I don't know if they recognise us as individuals, or just large mammals, but they definitely do come to look at "what" is on "their" deck. For some reason we get more of the females than the males. Maybe the males take a different migration path. And yes, we've also had hummers that will dive bomb any other bird, no matter what the size, even robins and bluejays. They must be the Israel of the bird world; Small, fiesty and not averse to taking on anybody. |