It's all the the subject header. I'm just curious?
Is there a Brug that Hummers will fight for?
I've never seen a hummer in my brug blooms. I think their wings are too wide. However, there is a moth that resembles the hummer and they do get in some of them.
Shirley I have seen them go to my pink brugs early in the morning while they are still open
Sorry Donna, I'm sure they do, but here, I've never seen one do it and we only have one kind of hummer here.
I haven't see them at my brugs,but one did go for the datura. The bloom was a triple and it hit each "layer" in turn.
I occasionally see them in mine -- color doesn't seem to matter to them here.
Shirley I think you have the same as me Ruby-throated.We only have one heretoo. Some people get a few western hummers in winter but not me :-( Gretchen you have several varieties don't you?
Yes we do, Donna. Ruby-Throated come through here in the Spring and Fall, but our permanent Summer visitors are Black-Chinned Hummers. And, they are mean! I've never seen two on a feeder at one time!
Rubys are the same way here but I did see lots of them together in Arkansas and now Trish has bunches at one time on her feeders in FL since Ivan. I guess they behave when they are starving with nothing else to eat. I know today I have more than I can count. One comes to the feeder and 4 more on on it's tail and i have 5 feeders out all over the yard plus my salvias are starting to rebloom and some of what's left of my other plants. Guess I better break out the old ugly ones and put them out too. I don't think I have ever had more than 8 or 10 before. I can't even begin to guess how many I have right now. Every feeder is a battle ground.
In Peru and Ecuador the sword billed hummingbird feeds at and pollinates the Brugmansia Sanquinea or red flowered brug.the beak can be 9 inches in length. :-)
Wow -- now that's a long beak!
Donna -- I'm green with envy over your birds! I had a ton early in the season, but by the first of August, I guess it was just too hot, so I would only see them occasionally. They are back now, but not in the great numbers that I've had before. And, I guess that when they're here, there is always enough blooming to keep them from getting too hungry. I know you are having a great time watching them :)