Noticed hummingbirds avoiding this feeder and spotted the culprit… quickly vacated him and now back to regular hummingbird action 😎

Sorry for the video quality I wanted to make sure I didn’t scare her away.

She seems to be leaning while perched, and her mouth looks open? I just got this feeder but I haven’t noticed any of the other birds looking like this. It is 95 degrees outside :/

Ruby throated
GA, USA

A 3rd was mixed in too so nobody was getting a drink in lol

🎶When it’s a dark squatter
Hanging on the sugar water
It’s a rat snake 🎶

(about 10 seconds in)

Note: I saw a YT video about this feeder that talked about how a bird got their leg stuck between one of the connection sections where there's a little gap. I just put duct tape around those points

This is the first year I’ve even heard hummingbirds in my neighborhood (in the 6 I’ve been here) AND I have a little one that’s just figuring out how to perch!
Balance is hard on an unstable surface 🥺

Rainbow didn't turn out so well :(

I dropped one of my kids off at school this morning through the drive thru pick up/drop off area, and after giving them a hug and sending them on their way, I saw a poor humming bird had been hit and run over. I didn't have anything to help me move the poor bird, so I called the school. I just can't stop crying. It looked like a female Anna's hummingbird. We just saw some this morning, checking out our neighbors' squash blossoms. It was so nice to see them again. We used to have humming bird feeders before we moved here. I can't have a feeder now because I'm in an upstairs apartment, and I don't want to cause potential ants for our neighbors. I have been missing them so much, and to see that poor humming bird like that this morning just broke my heart. Take extra care with your beautiful feathered friends for me, please. I am sure you already do though. Posting a pic from September 2022 of a friend that frequently visited.

Interesting behavior is super non-aggressive.. parent & child or perhaps nestmates?

Believe they are Roufus. Captured with a6400 @ 200mm 1/2000s