How Female Hummingbirds Avoid Harassment

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @haveaseatmarj
    @haveaseatmarj Рік тому +7

    Fascinating

  • @ohboilien
    @ohboilien Рік тому +20

    That’s so fascinating! Would there be a problem because other males don’t recognize her as a mating partner?

    • @JesgateOnDown
      @JesgateOnDown Рік тому

      Only 1 in 5 retain "male" coloration. Its doubtful that affects reproduction numbers. + it's how this species evolved/is & its still around.

    • @EthicalBiohazard
      @EthicalBiohazard 8 місяців тому

      Starve and mate or not starve and no harrasment

  • @isabelledelon3810
    @isabelledelon3810 Рік тому +2

    One should stop calling dinosaurs by another name : those are small but fierce

  • @1969kodiakbear
    @1969kodiakbear Рік тому +12

    Are notorious bullies . By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)

    • @JesgateOnDown
      @JesgateOnDown Рік тому +5

      best of luck with your recovery !
      👏🏼💪🏼

    • @enanguko2237
      @enanguko2237 Рік тому +2

      Pls accept my empathy on the sad incident. Congratulations on making progress with your Wife’s help.

    • @Electriclynn
      @Electriclynn Рік тому

      Cheers to you & the family! ✨🎁💋
      Ours has PKD DNA which takes our kidneys and then we end up with mostly incurable brain cancers as the polycists mask early cancer detection

    • @soph-o791
      @soph-o791 Рік тому

      A thanks from me to your caring wife. My deepest condolences for you both. I pray for you!

    • @1969kodiakbear
      @1969kodiakbear Рік тому

      @@soph-o791 🙂

  • @troyano6548
    @troyano6548 Рік тому +3

    WOW...That is amazing 🤩

  • @liviarodriguez4465
    @liviarodriguez4465 Рік тому +1

    Very very nice!!!

  • @benslusher1698
    @benslusher1698 Рік тому +2

    What kind of hummingbird is this? Just curious I'm new to birding

    • @RINA4D85S1
      @RINA4D85S1 Рік тому +1

      White necked jacobin, as stated at the beginning of the video :)

  • @islandbirdw
    @islandbirdw Рік тому +2

    If you’ve taken any time to observe any hummingbird they are small but fierce. They aggressively defend they’re perceived territory including and especially around feeders or favorite flowers. The Anna’s and smaller Rufus are the only species that live in PNW. That said we have a pond and feeders out even in winter. A pair will enforce my yard against any and all other humners chasing them out aggressively. They get to know the humans in their territory. Last 2 winters I had a pair over wintering in my yard when we got hit with a arctic blast flash freezing the feeder overnight. I awoke and saw it had to bring it in and thaw it out to save them. The male Anna’s watched me as I climbed the ladder bringing back liquid nectar. He now follows me wherever I go in my yard, calling that characteristic call and there he is watching me. 😉😉

    • @christinebethencourt6197
      @christinebethencourt6197 Рік тому

      They are fantastic !!! I used to have many when i live in caribbean, feeding them with liquid sugar and by planting hundreds of heliconia all around … !! They miss me so much 🤷‍♀️ i envy you …

  • @TimeTheory2099
    @TimeTheory2099 Рік тому

    Thanks Nature. 👍

  • @hunterG60k
    @hunterG60k Рік тому +1

    Are the females being harassed for mating, or because they're less aggressive/ likely to fight back?

  • @christinebethencourt6197
    @christinebethencourt6197 Рік тому

    J’adore 💖💎🩵

  • @christinal.5804
    @christinal.5804 11 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

  • @TheCommunicationCoach
    @TheCommunicationCoach Рік тому

    Wow, so rare for males to fight females when they normally fight FOR females to breed with!

  • @talhakhan8138
    @talhakhan8138 Рік тому

    Nobody is calling out the Birds for having different colours for genders?!

    • @t1sk1jukka
      @t1sk1jukka Рік тому

      Sex, not gender. Animals don’t have gender identity

  • @gouthamanguna7007
    @gouthamanguna7007 Рік тому +1

    Then will that green coloured female gets partners for mate? Doesn't the real male feels gay when it's around them?

    • @enlightenedhummingbird4764
      @enlightenedhummingbird4764 7 місяців тому

      Wow. If you watch the whole documentary, you'll hear words like sex and promiscuous, among others I don't want to have to explain to my 4-year-old. The script was designed to go along with the current world narrative, and make you wonder, and ask exactly what you asked. I miss the days when nature shows were TRULY family-friendly, for ALL AGES, without pushing some sick agenda to our children. Ugh.

  • @AGDinCA
    @AGDinCA Рік тому +1

    So, it stands to reason that these females will be better fed and therefore better able to reproduce and pass on their genes... eventually ending up with all females colored similarly to males, perhaps?

    • @enlightenedhummingbird4764
      @enlightenedhummingbird4764 7 місяців тому

      Sounds like it. Sad, really. Same behavior, different species. When will females catch a friggin break?

  • @shuraba1234
    @shuraba1234 Рік тому +1

    Love hummers

  • @tracesmith4966
    @tracesmith4966 Рік тому

    Why do the males CONSTANTLY harass the females...what is the point of keeping a potential mate of being able to eat...or even enjoy life...?

  • @lemmykilmister873
    @lemmykilmister873 Рік тому

    🙂👍🏻

  • @sepilokfui
    @sepilokfui Рік тому

    🤣

  • @amisayavedra3881
    @amisayavedra3881 Рік тому +1

    I. Want them

  • @Sk-lq2bp
    @Sk-lq2bp Рік тому +17

    Trans bird

  • @EcoPlanetFilms
    @EcoPlanetFilms 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful footage as always!
    Though- no biological logic in your explanation:
    First: there is lot of aggression also between male hummingbirds.
    Second: we humans may not identify between males and females with similar colors, but they surely do, as do many other bird species where males and females have similar coloration.
    Just as we would identify between a man and a woman even if they dress the same clothes…

    • @enlightenedhummingbird4764
      @enlightenedhummingbird4764 7 місяців тому

      Are you sure about that? Hellywood has put out some pretty convincing specimens....

  • @fauxvier8519
    @fauxvier8519 Рік тому +1

    Incel birds