https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Hummingbirds-are-jerks/m-p/588024#M10321 <P>OK, so maybe they're not "jerks" but they are extremely territorial!</P> <P>I spent about 20 minutes watching this alpha (pretty sure it's a male rufous) patrol a clearing over a stream in my local wildlife reserve.&nbsp; There were no flowering plants, he just didn't want any other hummingbirds on HIS branches and actively ran them off anytime they got close.&nbsp;</P> <P>I trained my camera on his 3 most common perches and waited...<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7508.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73787iB40D4322A4B66136/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7508.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7508.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7512.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73788i918857EE481D3389/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7512.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7512.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6979.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73791iF914131BA2752743/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6979.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6979.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6985.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73793i2F4CA8AC120D1F50/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6985.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6985.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6986.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73792i7382286CC6634C3B/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6986.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6986.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6987.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73794i4E73AA03290FC7D4/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6987.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6987.jpg" /></span></P> Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:57:17 GMT mdphotography 2026-02-25T18:57:17Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Hummingbirds-are-jerks/m-p/588024#M10321 <P>OK, so maybe they're not "jerks" but they are extremely territorial!</P> <P>I spent about 20 minutes watching this alpha (pretty sure it's a male rufous) patrol a clearing over a stream in my local wildlife reserve.&nbsp; There were no flowering plants, he just didn't want any other hummingbirds on HIS branches and actively ran them off anytime they got close.&nbsp;</P> <P>I trained my camera on his 3 most common perches and waited...<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7508.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73787iB40D4322A4B66136/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7508.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7508.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7512.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73788i918857EE481D3389/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7512.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A7512.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6979.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73791iF914131BA2752743/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6979.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6979.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6985.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73793i2F4CA8AC120D1F50/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6985.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6985.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6986.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73792i7382286CC6634C3B/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6986.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6986.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6987.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73794i4E73AA03290FC7D4/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6987.jpg" alt="hummingbird_rufous_sepulveda_26_02_22_L0A6987.jpg" /></span></P> Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:57:17 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Hummingbirds-are-jerks/m-p/588024#M10321 mdphotography 2026-02-25T18:57:17Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Hummingbirds-are-jerks/m-p/588056#M10322 <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Nice shots! &nbsp;</P> <P>Rufuses are aggressive and chase away other hummingbirds in the area. Last September a couple &nbsp;showed up at the feeder in my backyard. They chased away the resident Anna’s hummingbirds and kind of took over the feeder. &nbsp;The rufuses are migratory so they’ll move on. Once they moved on, my resident Anna’s hummingbirds returned. </P> <P>My guess is they’re probably headed north toward there summer home that can as far north as Alaska (per Google).&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="IMG_4418j.jpeg" style="width: 2401px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73798i5DCD907765BF4422/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="IMG_4418j.jpeg" alt="IMG_4418j.jpeg" /></span></P> <P> </P> Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:41:43 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Hummingbirds-are-jerks/m-p/588056#M10322 zakslm 2026-02-26T02:41:43Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Hummingbirds-are-jerks/m-p/588151#M10329 <P>Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:42:24 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Hummingbirds-are-jerks/m-p/588151#M10329 BrighamBB 2026-02-27T14:42:24Z