Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Do you still have hummingbirds?, 0 by salvia_lover

salvia_lover wrote:
Monterey, I was thinking of you and your battling hummers this morning while I watched my own entertainment here on the other side of the planet. 3 sunbird males were chasing each other all over my garden and 4 adjacent gardens...back and forth whizzing right past my head not even caring that I was a human in the close vicinity....and chattering at each other non-stop. It was hilarious. None of them attempted to attack the others, just a very very VERY high-speed chase that left me tired just watching. Then after about 30 minutes of this warp-speed non-stop action, the "cause" of all the commotion showed up in the garden too....a female. ROTLFMAO. They sure were showing off something fierce for her attention LOL. Try as I might to get a shot of them in action, it was all just too fast paced. I even attempted to stand in one spot, with camera focused on a particular branch or the like which I'd seen them perch on at least twice for a split second before diving into a frenzy again, but then the little brats decided to avoid those spots from then on, leaving me standing there for many minutes like a dummy. I did get one in flight photo but I had to move my camera so fast to keep up with him that it ended up just one big black and blue blur in the frame LOL. It was great fun watching them and their antics this morning though. I'm glad they ignored me in "their" terrain and went about their silly behavior as if I wasn't there. Great entertainment. :-)

Here's one of the little guys on a 5 second nectar break - to catch his breath and to replenish some of the foolishly spent energy ;-)

-Julie