I’ve got two hummer nests in my backyard right now. Two newly hatched chicks in one, the other is already done for this season.
rlmorel said that hummers are ‘friendly but territorial’. ‘Fearless and extremely territorial’ is more my experience. They have the personality of an angry chihuahua crossed with a pitbull if they are annoyed with your presence in their territory. Hummingbirds are the only bird that I know what can cuss, other than parrots.
LOL, I don’t have enough experience with them to see that fearlessness expressed against me, but I have seen them dart at far larger birds that flee at their approach.
When I am at my kitchen sink, they occasionally come the feeder near the window, but instead of taking the nectar, they hover there looking through the window at me with what appears to be honest curiosity.
I find them fascinating, apart from their avian abilities!