Hummingbird Can’t Wait

During migration, the feeders can get very crowded. Sometimes the hummingbirds wait their turn, hovering behind the feeder until a port opens up. On occasion, they share ports side by side. Sometimes they attack each other from behind or from the side. It appears very stressful for the birds.

This Hummingbird Can’t Wait

This hummingbird doesn’t hit the hummingbird on the perch from behind. The perched hummingbird does not flush off. But the hovering hummingbird can’t wait. It balances on the head of the perched bird and reaches over to feed.

A perched hummingbird crouches while a hovering hummingbird balances on its head to reach the feeder — Balancing on Another Hummingbird’s Head

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This Allen’s Hummingbird was guarding a patch of Salvia flowers. In the Flowers … Allen’s Hummingbirds were busy in two large flower beds of Salvia and Bird of Paradise. There were at least two adult males in the area and an adult female. But we had no idea what their actual numbers were – there […]