Hummingbirds

The folks who live next to our rental cottage, east of Shediac, New Brunswick, have several hummingbird feeders at the back of their home. On our second day at the cottage, after having enjoyed the afternoon at Parlee Beach, returned to see two hummingbirds in what appeared to be a conflict.

It seemed as though these birds were possessive of the feeders and didn't like to share. After some time, one of the birds succeeded in scaring off the other.

But that bird didn't just want to keep the other hummingbird from the feeder. I noticed a bumblebee slowly buzzing around a feeder near a planter box. The dominant hummingbird was quick to shoo it away (so quickly that I couldn't move fast enough to capture the bee).

Who knew that these tiny birds were so territorial?