Hummingbird vs Decoy: A Slow Motion Study

Hummingbirds are some of the most territorial birds I've seen. They all think the feeder is their own, and will attack and chase off any other hummingbird that tries to use it. It doesn't matter if the bird is male or female. These Black Chinned hummingbirds are filmed at 600 Frames/Sec. The female can be identified by white-tipped tail feathers and a more pale head. The male has a dark head, more pointed tail feathers, and a purple iridescent throat, that can be seen when the lighting is just right. I made the hummingbird out of paper and glue and used a toothpick for the bill. It's convincing enough to really irk all hummers that come to the feeder. They will fluff up and spread their tail feathers for a bit, then go drink from the feeder, then try to intimidate the paper hummer again...

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• hummingbird
• messin'
• with
• sasquatch
• slow
• motion
• casio
• ex
• f1
• high
• speed

[sinformant]

omg i used to play outlaws and loved it

[taofledermaus]

The soundtrack that came with Outlaws is really good. I think Outlaws was one of the first games I played over the internet. I miss that 28.8 baud speed!! lol

[taovas]

Fled!!!

The High Speed Camera vids rock, this is my favorite.

Also like the music thematics (who is that, Ennio Moriccone?)

[taofledermaus]

Vas! Nice seein' you!

The music is from an old FPS game called "Outlaws" (1997) and was composed by Clint Bajakian, but he certainly pulled a -lot- of inspiration from Morricone. Thanks for the kind words.

[1111SUPERMAN1111]

That was so cool! Your videos deserve alot more views.

[taofledermaus]

It would be nice if I got more views. I think the way YouTube is set up, average Joes simply get little exposure while the "partners" get the majority of views. Thanks for the kind words.

[92gaby841]

XD interesting~ there's a hummingbird living somewhere outside my window... i had no idea they were so territorial

[ronsig]

I just tried that with a china hummingbird. After a while the real bird just came and drank from the feeder. I wasn't watching the whole time though. Your footage is amazing. Your videos are great.

[nanny56]

Outstanding video!!

[sinformant]

lol really, i used to play it too back in the days when all there was was dialup. looking back the graphics were horrid, but it was a good game back in the day

[sinformant]

lmao perfect music with this video

[fernandoyorer]

Great work man!!!! =] Congratulations!