what a little brat : /

I think it is common, especially if 2 females or 2 males are staking out territory. I've only had one pair at a time at my feeder, and they are never really together for feeding. My sister on the other hand, always gets a small group who compete for feeder space.

This is very common. I love to watch them. Sometimes they feed together other times they must be in a bad mood because they don't want to to do anything but chase each other away!!!

Yes, I'm in So.Calif.

Interesting info ... I hadn't heard about that. It just so weird because that hb stays up in that tree stalking the feeder and he's very aggressive. Our neighbors to the side and behind us have feeders and probably more than I know of so you'd think he wouldn't be so greedy.

Do they say where they're coming from?

I got a pic of him

They are very aggressive little birds. I have three feeders, one outside my bedroom where only two feed from and two in the front. I notice that when the evening comes and its time to fill their bellies up for the night, they allow each other space, but during the day they are very territorial.

I live in Southern California and mine never seem to leave and even though I know that some will leave and others are coming from other places, I leave a feeder out all the time so they can stop on their journey. You must remember to change the feeder every couple of days. I make my own nectar. I boil the water and make a very sweet solution to last a few days and dilute it with boiled (chilled in the ref rig of course)

@stillamn8r. I have searched all over the internet for anything about that and cannot find anything. Are you certain?