I am in Southern California and have two hummingbird feeders in different locations. One outside my office window often has all 6 feeder ports occupied and other birds hanging out waiting for their turn. I have another of the exact same model of feeder outside my kitchen window that an aggressive bird has claimed for his own (or her, swoops down so fast it is hard to tell; I call it the Guardian) and lives sitting in the nearby pine tree watching the feeder and chasing off any competition. If I take the feeder down for a couple of weeks, will he/she maybe lose interest? I used to have large groups at this feeder as well until the Guardian claimed it and would like to get them back. The 30 ounce feeder outside the office has been drained and had to be refilled daily the past few weeks and the one outside the kitchen has to be dumped and scrubbed for mold because the Guardian chases the other birds away.