<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Faye,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">That's so funny. So far, I have not seen the male here really chase off the females. That surprises me. Yesterday there were 3 females!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Joan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 9:04 AM Faye McAdams Hands <<a href="mailto:zest4parus@hotmail.com">zest4parus@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"><div class="msg7673813067215541371">
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I was just reminded of your posts this morning as I saw 2 females on my deck feeder and 1 male on my feeder by the fence, both in my backyard. When the male finished his breakfast, he flew over to the feeder on the deck and chased off the 2 females and then
flew off himself.....screaming something like 'cooperation is over-rated'......I couldn't quite tell from inside my house.</div>
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This also reminded me of a time 2 years ago, during a snowy January day, I had 7 females on the deck feeder! (with only 5 ports to drink from). This portion of the deck is covered, so protected from rain, snow and much wind. They all sat for quite awhile, all
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 24, 2026 10:55 AM<br>
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<div>My wife and I were just talking about the same thing! There were 2 females on the feeder this morning. This has happened several times lately. There were even times when a male sat on a nearby branch without shooing them away. Not something we’ve seen
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<blockquote type="cite">On Feb 24, 2026, at 10:35 AM, Joan Miller via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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This winter hasn't been that bad, but I have seen many more instances of more than one hummingbird at a time at my feeder. They never used to tolerate another at the same time. Now I see two and occasionally a third using the feeder at once (there are four
ports). Always females, but once in a while a male will join them. I think it's unusual. Maybe this behavior will change in spring and summer.</div>
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Anyone else notice this sharing behavior?</div>
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