Baby hummingbirds are about the size of ones thumb tip. They look like little lumps of coal except for their tiny pink beaks and young, iridescent green plummage starting to emerge. It has always amazed me that these little birds can be so aggressive and hostile when they grow up.
We have hummingbird feeders all around the deck and each year a couple of hummers fight over the feeders. That is to say each feeder gets a couple of different hummers squabbling over it.
They actually make squeaky noises as they fight and can be fairly loud. In reading about them, I found that during battle, they have been known to harpoon each other with their beaks. And yes, death results. See what I mean by hostile?
Makes me kinda nervous when Im on the deck reading the paper and one comes up beside me and hovers just looking at me. I tend to unconciously place my hand over my jugular and ignore the little bugger.
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