Persistence of memory. (With apologies to Salvadore Dali for infringing into his memory.)

 

 

Can't be certain but this must be the same male hummingbird who has been hanging around our balcony since late October. More recently we have hung a feeder on the balcony and this fellow has taken up this position on the railing for most of the daylight hours. He sits there as a sentry keeping track of the comings and goings around the feeder. If another hummer approaches, as if to get a sip of sugar water from "his" supply, he rises up and chases the intruder away.

Neighbors here at Aljoya with feeders hanging on their balconies, report regularly seeing multiple hummers sipping from their feeder. "Our" male is not of a sharing nature.

Yesterday, early morning there were two females at the feeder, they had moved on before the guard arrived for duty.

I'll wait to see how he works out relations with females wanting to sip from his sugar water supply, over the next several weeks.