Hummingbird War

I made up a fresh batch of nectar, 4/1 ratio water to sugar, boiled it for 5+ minutes and set it to cool. My husband said he felt bad for the little guys, in the midst of our dry spell, all the flowers were turned to dust. I added two more tablespoons of sugar and brought it back to a boil.

After cooling overnight to room temp, I cleaned and loaded the feeder. They practically dive bombed me when I took the feeder off the hook. Those tiny birds will kill one another rather than share the nectar, but if someone tries to take away the feeder, they can coordinate a mutiny.

Anyway, Shawn must have been onto something because they are zooming around out front, trying to drink as much of the extra sweet as they can. It is impossible to clock them, but I swear they may have kicked up the speed on that zoom thing they do.