"Dave W" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> On 7/18/2014 1:59 PM, Doris Night wrote:
> <big snip>
>> >
>> > Here's a neat hummingbird video:
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJEA_kAqUso
>> >
>> > I had no idea hummingbirds would ever put up with a crowd - the ones
>> > around here guard their feeders ferociously, and any interlopers are
>> > quickly chased off.
>> >
>> > Doris
>> >
>> That's a neat video, thanks! I never see two hummingbirds at the feeder
>> at once. I do see some territorial battles, usually amongst the females.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Wow! Never seen a swarm of hummers like that! Once we were up in Ponca
> Arkansas, fixing to paddle the Buffalo river. There was a Mimosa tree
> (vile invasive tree) in full bloom (lovely pink blooms ... I call them
> Doris Day trees cause they remind me of Doris Day / Rock Hudson movies)
> and it was covered with hummers. Up to that time i, like Jill, seldom
> saw more than one bird at a time at my porch feeder. Then it occurred to
> me that if you have enough of a crowd it would be rather unproductive
> for a single bird to try to chase off the competition.
>
> My porch is not large ... about 8 x 10 foot. One feeder up and there are
> constant battles. One bird claims the feeder and fights off newcomers.
> If I hang 4 feeders (spaced about 3 foot apart) I get lots of birds at a
> time and see very few fights.
>
> Never see as many birds as those folks in the video get, though.
>
> Regards,
> Dave W.
> In the Ozarks

If you travel and are interested.

http://www.hummingbirds.net/havens.html