Don't know the words? Just hummmmmm

Well, these little buggers are hard to track into a photo opp!  I sporadically,  or spastically if you were an onlooker, attempted for an afternoon to photograph these tiny hummingbirds in Mancos, Colorado two years ago.  I'd never tried tracking tiny birds with a lens but it was so much fun!!!  Love a good challenge!

They're quite noisy.  Chittering, whirring and trilling at each other.  The thrum of their wings is amazingly loud as they zip past no further than two feet from your head.  You can't help but wonder if they could impale you with those crazy beaks.  I mean a bird could have poor depth perception, right?  I digress.  My relatives who fill the feeders said there are two different kinds of hummers partaking of the red nectar.  What I heard next kind of surprised me.  It's nature, I know, but apparently they're very aggressive between species.  I was told the green and brown ones pictured here refuse to share the feeder if it's "their turn" and will attack and sometimes kill the smaller hummers who are unlucky or brave enough to fly up for a snack at the wrong time. This is one restaurant you don't want to arrive at without a reservation!  Glad I never got to see the fracas with my own eyes.