Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!iuvax!silver!media From: media@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Institute for Digital Arts) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: JEWELWEEDS AND HUMMINGBIRDS Keywords: free seed and how to Message-ID: <26408@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 22 Sep 89 13:21:45 GMT References: <9599@chinet.chi.il.us> <1122@cbnewse.ATT.COM> <9615@chinet.chi.il.us> Reply-To: media@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Institute for Digital Arts) Distribution: na Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 17 > p.s. Another one showed up this morning but was quickly > escorted out of the area by the female that "lives" here. > This is the second time this has happened. If this is > typical behavior, I wonder how it is that they sometimes are > seen by the numbers around feeders. Although I dont live in the Chicago area, I think I can comment on this :-). My mother has two feeders hanging in front of a picture window in her house. The hummingbirds come by the tens. They appear to be *very* territorial concerning the feeder. Sometimes it seems the birds spend more time trying to chase each other away than they do feeding :-) It is really pretty amusing to watch six or eight birds, each trying to chase the rest away from "its" feeder :-) pam