Hello folks, three weeks into hummingbirds and trying to learn all I can. Live in San Francisco.
Two weeks ago, I put up a feeder and have one hummer coming. Would like feedback on his behavior.
I'll call him #1. He stays in a nearby branch in my yard for pretty much the whole day. He would regularly take a drink and fly to a dense tree perhaps two hundred feet away (maybe he has a nest?) then comes back to my yard a few minutes later. It seems when other birds comes by, he chases them away. (I guess that's what he's doing)
The past week, I've noticed a different, young looking hummer along side #1, he doesn't chase this one away, maybe it's #1's baby? The past few days, #1 stopped coming to my yard and the young one seems to have taken over #1's spot on the same branch in my yard. Very curious what happened to #1.
What do you think is going on? thanks.
Two weeks ago, I put up a feeder and have one hummer coming. Would like feedback on his behavior.
I'll call him #1. He stays in a nearby branch in my yard for pretty much the whole day. He would regularly take a drink and fly to a dense tree perhaps two hundred feet away (maybe he has a nest?) then comes back to my yard a few minutes later. It seems when other birds comes by, he chases them away. (I guess that's what he's doing)
The past week, I've noticed a different, young looking hummer along side #1, he doesn't chase this one away, maybe it's #1's baby? The past few days, #1 stopped coming to my yard and the young one seems to have taken over #1's spot on the same branch in my yard. Very curious what happened to #1.
What do you think is going on? thanks.