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From: media@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Institute for Digital Arts)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: JEWELWEEDS AND HUMMINGBIRDS
Keywords: free seed and how to
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Date: 22 Sep 89 13:21:45 GMT
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> 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