Hummingbird mating call

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

The hummingbirds are amazing creatures, aren't they?!?!

[gini]

There aren't many flowers in bloom yet in California. We have a feeder that holds about four cups of sugar water. It doesn't even last a week.
And right at dusk it is a traffic jam around it as they get their final sips
in before it is bedtime.

I have noticed that they don't seem to be too territorial at that time. It is almost as they all know these last sips are important.

However during the day it is constant dive bombing as one protects the feeder from the others.

The feeder hangs right out my kitchen window and I confess I have spent a lot of time just standing there watching them.

[slick]

I clicked on the link and at the bottom of the page is a video but I clicked on the video and didn't hear anything (yes, I checked my connections...)
Oh my gosh, I wish I was there to see it. Not this year, I'm afraid.

Can you take some pictures for us?

[gini]

Slick, in the third paragraph of the article it says "sound here". Click on that and you should be able to hear it.

I could, but it didn't come up right away.......but once it did I had a terrible time getting it turned off -- but then you know how computer challenged I am!!

[slick]

I heard it now. So now you have fornication going on in your back yard???? That's L-eh for ya!!!

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

We have a 2-sides all windows back porch that we use from April-Oct. I hang several feeders and also try to plant or put out hanging potted plants that attract the hummingbirds. We can see activity at almost any time of day, but it does seem evening is really a busy time. I hook my camera up with the a/c power and put it on a tri-pod so I can snap pictures.