07-26-2023, 08:25 AM
A week ago the few broad-tailed hummingbirds at my one feeder were consuming about a cup of sugar water every 2 days. Then neighbor Eric Flink left on a trip, his hummers migrated over to my feeder, and consumption quadrupled, keeping me busy satisfying these sugar addicts. Today a rufous has showed up to fend off all the broad-tails from the feeder, and consumption has dropped to near zero, since the rufous is too busy defending to eat himself. I can relax a while.