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Real Estate Agent with Benchmark Realty LLc License# 00285925

If you haven't had a hummingbird feeder, treat yourself to a little fun. These guys become really aggressive when they find a primary food source. This one likes to hide in the tree close by and ambush any other hummingbirds who attempt to get a drink.

Hummingbird

I learned last year to put up two feeders with one on each side of the house. They made constant trips to each one chasing each other at every opportunity.

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Comments (7)

Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Superb photograph, Larry!  I was not aware of the aggressiveness over the food source. 

May 11, 2012 02:40 AM
Bill Gillhespy
16 Sunview Blvd - Fort Myers Beach, FL
Fort Myers Beach Realtor, Fort Myers Beach Agent - Homes & Condos

Hi Larry,  Wow, what a terrific pic.  Mind telling me what lens you used ?

May 11, 2012 04:01 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Thanks for reminding me Larry to fill up that sugar water in the feeder. What is the ratio?

May 11, 2012 04:13 AM
Jane Peters
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles real estate concierge services

I love those hummingbird feeders.  A friend of mine's mother had one.  There is sonething really spiritual about them.  This guy needs to learn some manners though.

May 11, 2012 05:34 AM
Michelle Gibson
Hansen Real Estate Group Inc. - Wellington, FL
REALTOR

Larry - Great shot!  I love watching hummingbirds, mine you I can't recall the last time I've seen one.

May 12, 2012 08:22 AM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Great shot, Larry!  I love watching hummingbirds as well and still had no idea that they were so aggressive!  Did you know that a hummingbird's heart beats at a rate of 1,200 beats per minute compared to humans at 50-90?  One of our cardiac surgeons told me that bit of trivia one day when I took a print of a hummingbird that I had managed to capture (tells you how long ago that was!) and I've always been astonished at the incredibly rapid heartbeat they have!

May 14, 2012 08:03 AM
Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

Lovely shot Larry!  We have lots of hummingbirds in the desert believe it or not.  They live on sugar for sure!

May 15, 2012 08:36 AM