<div dir="ltr">And on a happier note, years ago a female Anna's at my feeder was buzzed by a maler, causing the female to exit rapidly, only to fly into and be impaled, like a dart, on a nearby, open, screen door. It struggled to extract itself of course, and when It seemed 'stuck' I headed out to assist, but it succeeded in getting free and flew off as I arrived.. No hummers were injured in this case.<div>Bob OBrioen</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 6:46 PM Robert O'Brien <<a href="mailto:baro@pdx.edu">baro@pdx.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">On this ugly subject, years ago I photographed an adult Anna's attempting to rape a young, out of the nest, fledgling that had a still short beak and could not fly very well..<div>Bob OBrien</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 6:44 PM Robert O'Brien <<a href="mailto:baro@pdx.edu" target="_blank">baro@pdx.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I found it amazing. Almost unbelievable. BUT..............see here. Appears also to be a molting (immature?) Anna's killing an adult.<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MSlJEZrj0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MSlJEZrj0</a><br></div><div>Bob OBrien Portland</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 5:48 PM Steve Giles <<a href="mailto:giles.steve@hotmail.com" target="_blank">giles.steve@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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This morning I witnessed a male Anna's hummingbird impaling another male Anna's with its beak until it died.</div>
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At about 9 AM I looked out at our feeders and on one of them I saw what looked like an Anna's perched on top of something dark and horizontal in the channel of the feeder. The perched bird seemed to be stabbing whatever it was on with its bill. I looked through
my bins and saw that it was another hummingbird laying on the feeder being repeatedly stabbed by the bird on top of it. Next I slowly walked out to the feeder and got to within 18 inches of the activity and had close views of one male Anna's vigorously impaling
another around the head and throat. The attacker was so consumed by its efforts that it only spooked when I got within a foot of the scene. This all happened in about fifteen minutes. Finally the prone bird tumbled off the feeder onto the ground. I later collected
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Has anyone else seen Anna's aggressive behavior rise to this deadly level?</div>
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