Slow Motion of Hummingbird Scaring off Another Hummingbird Drinking At Feeder

Cool to watch as the Allen's hummingbird comes screetching to halt in midair (behind the feeder) to scare away the Anna's hummingbird that was drinking from the hummingbird feeder. Note how the Allen's tail feather fan wide to intimidate the other hummingbird. The escaping hummingbird flys off around the other side of the hummingbird feeder. I didn't slow down motion too much or takes away the fact that both are very quick.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• hummingbirds
• birdwatching
• hummingbird
• hummingbird feeder
• Allen's hummingbird
• bird watching

[catmantri]

Thanks for visiting. Yep, hummers are so unpredictable it's hard to be ready when they are. BTW it's interesting observing your time lapse videos.

[jcmegabyte]

Nice shot! Aggressive little birds, aren't they? I see them battle each other all the time and yesterday I heard one smack into another one - I which I could have got that on video! :-)