The adult males migrate first. Most of them are already gone.
> Les


Les and all,

Most but not all. Once again, as I stepped out my back door this afternoon,
I was nearly run over by a pair of hummers chasing each other. It is usually
an adult male that instigates all these battles as he tries to dominate all
4 of our feeders, some of which are out of sight from each other. I got a
look at him later as he was feeding and yes there is at least one adult male
left here.

Somebody mentioned seeing a hummer attack other species of birds in their
yard recently. I have said it before and I will repeat it - the nastiest,
meanest creature on this planet is a hummingbird. They are fearless,
voracious and aggressive. I think the ultimate horror movie would feature
giant hummers that eat people. Impale them on their saber-like beaks and
their ruby-colored throats would be the result of blood stains.

Somebody get Hollywood on the phone. They've been wasting time with silly
things like giant apes and insects and worms and ...

Jerry Tarbell
Carroll County, where imaginations run wild and so do the hummers