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Territorial Hummers

21 years ago

I have enjoyed my hummers all summer and after all the observing I have done, I now have questions. One little female guarded a feeder that appeared to be the favorite for all of the others (even with 3 other feeders in the yard, they fought over this one). For over 2 weeks she chased everyone away. The all of a sudden she left the area and it was dominated by a male that I hadn't seen in the yard before. He stayed on guard (with the same antics) for about 2 weeks and now the female is back and he is gone. Why the division of "authority" over this one feeder and the switching from male to female and back again? Any suggestions?

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