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A "new" form of hummer conflict!? - 2006/06/23 05:25
To summarize I saw stately something "new" for me on my recent (July) Altogether vacation to Colorado, where
I gotten lots of Broadtail images. Notwithstanding the territorail fights weren't merely the usual airbvorne chases I had always seen between other various species.
Perhaps 5 times in one morning I saw the "intruder" retraet to the gruond under the defender's attack, and take a defensive posture. For example the airborne
"defender", now an attacker, would hover back and forth left and right just in front of the bird on the ground. Then he'd back off, and the other bird would... (memory fails me on the uotcome!) I supose he either flew off or returned to the feeder. This was usaully the male defender (airborne)
Besides against a female or imature (not sure which) on the gruond. Looking at it I sure wish I had been quick enouhgt ot photograph this behavior. So far it lasts about 10 seconds, but with a tripod mounetd camera, you're not going to have time unless you forgfet the feeder, and hand-hold for the fight.
Has anybody else gracefully observed this behaviour? In what species? I was amazed, since the ground is NOT what I would cosniuder a defesnive vantage point.
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