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Shooter
- Nov 19, 2008
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Had he just been stuck in your garage?
These birds usually never sit still long enough to really relax on the feeder.
I've seen that at my step mother in law... she has so many and the feeders are hanging all over the back porch. They don't care if you can reach up and grab them, they eat anyway. I've watched them perch in the garden then fly over to drinkI think I have a lazy female in our area. I've caught her straight up perching for minutes on our garden fence. I've never seen them perch. Sit to feed, yes. But just perch for the heck of it? Who knew?
not upside down, but sitting and drinking none the less. It does this every time it comes to drink
Check my post on page 1. We have 1 frequently perch near the feeder for long periods of time, only occasionally getting a quick drink at the feeder then returning to perch. I assume he (it's a male that always does it) is guarding the feeder from the other males that like to visit it.I think I have a lazy female in our area. I've caught her straight up perching for minutes on our garden fence. I've never seen them perch. Sit to feed, yes. But just perch for the heck of it? Who knew?
you mean the flying upside down or the perching?From some quick searching, it appears that this isn't a real uncommon sighting. I guess they do it mostly at night to recover from exhaustion.