Morning Mug: Dueling Hummers

A lovely email from the photographer:

Keep in mind that ​this is​ Brooklyn, NYC where seeing even one hummingbird in your yard is a miracle​;​ to see two of them fighting over your hummingbird feeder is just beyond belief. And then for them to come to terms and both settle down on the feeder, AND to be able to get photos of it as it played out, well, what can I say.

These two hummingbirds were ​dueling for a couple of minutes before I went and got my camera. I still can’t believe that when I came back out they were still there going at it. It took about 6 minutes of them trying to chase each other away before they both just decided to tolerate each other and have some of that yummy sugar water.

Photo by Barbara Pearson

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