It has been a gas watching the feeders and the hummingbirds jockeying for position.
A few days ago one male claimed our big feeder and the adjacent butterfly bush.
Lately something has changed and a male [the same one] is content to sit on the feeder and only defend the feeder. Unless a bird in the butterfly bush almost touches him, he sits and sips.
Meanwhile on the other side of the butterfly bush, sits a female. She claims most of the bush and the patio. There is not much to interest hummers on the patio, except for a niger feeder with a red base. She defends that, too.
Good birding,
Rick Hollis
North Liberty
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