Comments on: New film catches hummingbirds at war

By: logicisourfriend

logicisourfriend — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:53:02 +0000

My backyard hummers have gone after my cats . . . now my cats are afraid to go near the feeders.

Hummers – 3 Cats – 0

So funny to see a tiny bird that weighs just a few ounces go charging after my 20 pound male cat.

No freaking fear.

By: Tom Kaminski

Tom Kaminski — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:49 +0000

“Hummingbirds! Beauty and the Beast” shows them with their bills open — sometimes in slow motion — in several contexts:

– when the chicks are being fed
– as they are capturing insects
– as they threaten each other
– as they engage in gular fluttering (their way of panting)
– when they yawn.

Tom

By: enufalready

enufalready — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:18:43 +0000

I wonder if he caught any hummers with their little beaks open….now there’s a sight you don’t realize you’ve never seen until you see it…..so cute!

By: hunterr83

hunterr83 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:13 +0000

lol.

By: no espanol

no espanol — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:37 +0000

We have one hummer in our backyard that sits on branches and guards the feeder. He dive-bombs any other hummer that comes near it.

By: Eliz

Eliz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:56:00 +0000

I’ve almost been in the line of the fight if I didn’t get the feeders hung quick enough.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:16 +0000

COOL I CAN’T WAIT TO GO SEE THIS MOVIE

By: bobbyc

bobbyc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:15:19 +0000

I get a LOT of various humming birds in my yard. I have watched their behavior, and this documentary is so true! I have seen these birds attack each other, dominate a feeder, and will buzz just about anything or anyone that comes too close to their turf.