Hummingbird Question

Thanks for the info, DB. Yesterday I had two chasing each other so maybe some more will show up. Last year about this time or a little earlier, I watched one do the mating maneuver. They stay in one spot and fly a big U pattern, buzzing like crazy. It was pretty weird.

Ha ha.....thought for a minute this was a fishfinder question lol

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Originally Posted by Tbone

Thanks for the info, DB. Yesterday I had two chasing each other so maybe some more will show up. Last year about this time or a little earlier, I watched one do the mating maneuver. They stay in one spot and fly a big U pattern, buzzing like crazy. It was pretty weird.

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We have a patch of irises off in the woods and this one male is very territorial in this area and fends off the other males but when a female is around the male will flash his throat and then the female comes along and they do a little mating dance. They are cool critters

As others have said, its got a lot to do with the migration, with feeders out you may have some that stick around. We still have a pair of eastern blue birds that we see daily, someone must have put up a box nearby. Next year I will build a couple for our yard.

You made an excellent post Duck Butter - thank you. Once again, I really enjoy what you have to say about such things. You talk about the males being territorial. I have been seeing the male lizards (anoles) doing push-ups along the house attempting to tease to females.

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I put my feeders out April 1 when it was still cold and had 6 birds feeding at one time. Since it's warmed up over the last few weeks I only see one at a time. Why would they disappear once the weather warmed?

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http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/HUMNET.html

for more than you would ever want to know:)

Thanks Jig Rig. I particulalry like the migration map.