I hope you hummer experts chime in to help explain this photo sequence I captured Sunday past.

These hummers were actively engaged with their daily game of protecting territory when this occurred. The top bird is an immature male who has decided this feeder belongs to him and he wards off any intruder. I do not know the sex of the inverted bird.

These six images represent 75 sequential frames I took using a continuous 5 second burst shooting at 15fps before my buffer filled. By then, the action was over.

Thinking the inverted bird may have possibly been stunned by impacting a nearby window, I waited a minute or so then approached the feeder to see if I could somehow assist as it looked as if it would fall to the ground. To my surprise, it immediately flew away seemingly unharmed.

Only upon examining the images did I notice the claw grip of the top bird in the initial frames. Therefore, I am still uncertain what I witnessed. Research suggests that hummers will occasionally kill each other during a fierce fight for dominance. Was that what happened, or was the top bird attempting to somehow help the other?

I look forward to hearing your inputs.

Bubba

I hope you hummer experts chime in to help explain this photo sequence I captured Sunday past.

These hummers were actively engaged with their daily game of protecting territory when this occurred. The top bird is an immature male who has decided this feeder belongs to him and he wards off any intruder. I do not know the sex of the inverted bird.

These six images represent 75 sequential frames I took using a continuous 5 second burst shooting at 15fps before my buffer filled. By then, the action was over.

Thinking the inverted bird may have possibly been stunned by impacting a nearby window, I waited a minute or so then approached the feeder to see if I could somehow assist as it looked as if it would fall to the ground. To my surprise, it immediately flew away seemingly unharmed.

Only upon examining the images did I notice the claw grip of the top bird in the initial frames. Therefore, I am still uncertain what I witnessed. Research suggests that hummers will occasionally kill each other during a fierce fight for dominance. Was that what happened, or was the top bird attempting to somehow help the other?

I look forward to hearing your inputs.

Bubba

I hope you hummer experts chime in to help explain this photo sequence I captured Sunday past.

These hummers were actively engaged with their daily game of protecting territory when this occurred. The top bird is an immature male who has decided this feeder belongs to him and he wards off any intruder. I do not know the sex of the inverted bird.

These six images represent 75 sequential frames I took using a continuous 5 second burst shooting at 15fps before my buffer filled. By then, the action was over.

Thinking the inverted bird may have possibly been stunned by impacting a nearby window, I waited a minute or so then approached the feeder to see if I could somehow assist as it looked as if it would fall to the ground. To my surprise, it immediately flew away seemingly unharmed.

Only upon examining the images did I notice the claw grip of the top bird in the initial frames. Therefore, I am still uncertain what I witnessed. Research suggests that hummers will occasionally kill each other during a fierce fight for dominance. Was that what happened, or was the top bird attempting to somehow help the other?

I look forward to hearing your inputs.

Bubba

I hope you hummer experts chime in to help explain this photo sequence I captured Sunday past.

These hummers were actively engaged with their daily game of protecting territory when this occurred. The top bird is an immature male who has decided this feeder belongs to him and he wards off any intruder. I do not know the sex of the inverted bird.

These six images represent 75 sequential frames I took using a continuous 5 second burst shooting at 15fps before my buffer filled. By then, the action was over.

Thinking the inverted bird may have possibly been stunned by impacting a nearby window, I waited a minute or so then approached the feeder to see if I could somehow assist as it looked as if it would fall to the ground. To my surprise, it immediately flew away seemingly unharmed.

Only upon examining the images did I notice the claw grip of the top bird in the initial frames. Therefore, I am still uncertain what I witnessed. Research suggests that hummers will occasionally kill each other during a fierce fight for dominance. Was that what happened, or was the top bird attempting to somehow help the other?

I look forward to hearing your inputs.

Bubba