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Hard to say. But if I had to guess I'd say it's a territorial dispute between to males. Certainly, if you don't know the pair well it can be difficult to determine what's going on right away. Alternatively, the courtship process can be pretty frisky. :)

The way I can distinguish between the male vs female by appearance is that the white outer edge of the male is more prominent than the female. The male is also bolder(gets closer to me and approaches me first when I'm feeding them peanut butter). I've been observing "my pair" for several years so it's easy now.

565 posted on 04/15/2005 4:44:12 PM PDT by Dysart

566 posted on 04/15/2005 5:31:10 PM PDT by Dysart

To: Dysart; GodBlessUSA; MamaTexan; meowmeow; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Has everyone been out in the yard today? Is y'all's weather as nice as ours was? It got well into the 70's.

My hummingbird feeders have been busy today. Are hummers like some of the other birds in that a few show up initially and the others follow?

567 posted on 04/16/2005 6:23:09 PM PDT by sweetliberty (Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.)

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