FINALLY. I’ve spent years trying to capture this.

@Jgbird This is amazing. I learned a few years ago that hummingbirds are actually quite aggressive.

My grandmother gave me a spare hummingbird feeder and I hung it on my patio. Hummingbirds started to come. Then I noticed that there was one hummingbird perched nearby all day who chased away any other bird who came along. It even started swooping at us when we walked by. We took the feeder down.

Hummingbirds don't like to share? My grandma had lots of feeders, so I didn't notice before.

@shannonkay
Can tell your from east of the Mississippi... Because only the eastern ones are mean to each other. The western varieties will share the feeder... That why the feeders all have multiple ports.. not for our eastern hummers...

Multiple feeders hung a decent distance 50+ feet apart, or out of sight of each other will allow multiple to feed at once...
@Jgbird

@Tedgarrison3 @Jgbird I’m actually from Southern California
@shannonkay @Jgbird And your's don't get along? I've always read all the west coast varieties are social...
@Tedgarrison3 @shannonkay @Jgbird Washington State here, can confirm, our hummingbirds do not want to share.