excerpt from " How To Handfeed Hummingbirds" video

[oLdSkOoLkisS]

hi-I live in Kimberling City ,MO....pretty much out in the country.I have a feeder outside my window where a pair of hummingbirds feed from.This is my first year.Do you know when the birds will cease to be in my area....i am guessing Oct??

[kcadue]

These are really good shots of pregnant females!

[sunlight4tullip]

AWESOME video! Know what? We had an immature male hummingbird claim his spot by the feeder! He would perch on a branch in the 'Rose of Sharon' plant, and chase everyone else away, all other birds ESPECIALLY hummingbirds. We called him Spot. But, he wasn't there all the time! We had a full grown male,too,and two females at least.

OXOXO

Spring

[handfeeder]

Hi Spring, Hummingbirds are very territorial by nature, but usually the mature males are the ones that are the most aggressive.

I once had a female though, that ruled the feeder. She was bigger than all the males. I guess that's what made her more intimidating.

Sometimes I will put out several feeders if one bird starts intimidating all the others. I hang them out of sight of one another so that one bird can't keep an eye on all of them at the same time.

oxoxo

handfeeder