
Hummingbirds in general are territorial, but Rufous Hummingbirds are more aggressive than most other species. Primarily I’ve had Rufous Hummingbirds visiting and they’re constantly competing to control the feeders and flowers. I thought it would be cool to have two birds in one image but really thought it would be impossible. But I had the chance last week when the perched bird would not be intimidated by the aggressor. Eventually they even perched next to each other for a few seconds. The bird in flight is not in focus, but otherwise I was pretty happy with how this came out. The light was low and if I had tried for more depth of field, I wouldn’t have been able to stop the fast movement of the flying bird.