Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Anna's Hummingbirds

A hummer can be the cutest whirring-winged creature to us,


but to themselves, it could be the total opposite.   Today I observed continuous battles between two young ones. 


"I'm gonna get my enemy."


"Bang!@#"   The sugar water feeder is now a battlegound.  One can not drink gingerly any longer.  If you do, you'll be a dead bird. 


But between the rounds of chasing and fleeing, the two can pretend not to mind each other on a bare tree for the time being.  Well, even for little birds like a hummer, the life is sometimes very tough.