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Originally Posted by Weebl
I think I might just get some more feeders, a male will hide in the guava tree and run all the others off. He's a pimp.
Unless I fix the backyard I'll not get them front lit unless I make a fake backdrop. The feeder is on my porch which faces West.
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I bet if you go sit in the sun and sit still, they'll come to the feeder and you'll have the sun at you back. You won't have to wait more than 15-minutes. You might try setting up some branches out of the guava tree, near the feeder, so they can rest there. Then you could get shots of them off the feeder and a more natural look.
Yes, they're very territorial. Half the time I find them in the wild by hearing them first, doing their territorial dive-bomb patterns. A good birder can tell you the species by merely seeing their pattern. (I can't, but I've got a book with the various patterns).
Dave