last year by late August I had at least 40 Hummingbirds fighting over three small feeders. Each of the small feeder had 3 flowers for feeding. It ran me ragged keeping up with the little suckers appetie. I had to fill the three feeders at least 3 times a day. If I was sitting on the porch and the feeders ran low they would come right up to me and hover a few feet in from of me as if to get my attention.
This year I decided to buy 4 Large feeders that had 4 flowers on each so they would have more places to feed from and maybe cut down on my refill ritual. Up until today I only had three of the feeders out because my hummer population hadn't reached last years peak yet. They were fighting over the 3 so I decided to hang another but in a different location so maybe they would not fight as much. With the new feeder they are all over at it fighting, and only a few are still at the old feeders. This morning while watching them fight over the new feeder, they would swarm in 3's and 4's and then come up and hover in front of me. I don't know what they were trying to tell me but between fighting over the feeder and hovering in front of me no one was actually getting any of the feed. It was very puzzling because they were trying to tell me something but I'm at a loss what it was. All of the feeders were full.
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