Hummingbird Fight Season starts in late July and goes through August. It’s always been like this for me in NC and It works like this. A bird appears on my feeder, or in the flowers. I point and focus my camera and boom, said bird is ambushed by one or two other birds. I used to put multiple feeders out hoping they would reason it out and each use their own feeder, but alas, they didn’t. It didn’t matter how many feeders were out. The bullies would just wait in the trees, dive in and scare the other away.
I’m careful about keeping the feeders very clean in the hot weather and since the birds don’t share regardless I’ve only got one in the front and one in the back. I’ve also got at least twenty potted plants on the deck and a fountain, so the they have options.
I have tried to get shots with two or even three birds, which I see regularly, but it’s super hard. You pretty much have to focus on the one who’s somewhat settled, and hope he/she gets ambushed! It’s also been cloudy on and off A LOT this month so the lighting is not always great for shooting (you know what I mean!!!)
I have plenty of pictures for the calendar so don’t worry about that. But still…
AUGUST: what happened to my sunny NC summer??? I’m not even close to ready for Fall yet!
The birdy that is perched appears to be protesting. 🙂 Nice catch on that one.
Yes Julie, he’s probably about to attack another bird who just wants a sip!!!