I always thought of hummingbirds as quiet, and shy until I moved here that is. we have 2 feeders here, and the 2 years ago we had about 6 or 7 ,last year by the end of the season, we had about 20 or so. THIS year we have an estimated 30ish, we aren't real sure,because they fuss and fight so much always flying in and out so fast that we can not get an even remotely accurate count on them. And when we walk outside they are constantly in our face jabbering, yes jabbering. Not singing a happy little song, it feels like you are getting the 3rd degree when they fly up to your face chattering away like that. It is hilarious,you KNOW you are in trouble,especially when it's time to fill the feeders,which used to be every three or four days, then was every other day, we now have to fill them every day.
I do not have a camera that takes a good picture of them though, they are not still enough for that. We have several pairs of cardinals here as well, I love them you almost never see a male without his mate or vise versa.
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