Humming Bird Isn't Humming Anymore...

[PacificNWhunter]

Those are great pictures! Must have been tired from all that food.

[steen]

Looks like a fledgling just from the nest, it still has fuzzy feathers or it is a female.  It is chubby like a baby.

[rasbo]

bat syndrome,terrible thing..

[Alchase]

At night Hummers go into a dormancy with a very low heart rate type of sleep. If they didn't they would litorally starve to death every night because the normal heartrate is so fast. If it was really cold the night before it can take a while for them to warm up enough to even move. If you know where they roost you can catch them at night.
What time was that pick taken? was it icy the night before?

[whitey]

Bless His little heart!He still hanging on.
Hit the REV limiter 1 to many times..

[Tom Reichner]

 
Just coincidentally, we have 2 or 3 pairs of Black Chins hanging around this year (usually they are gone by early spring).  The birds in general seem to be much more aggresive toward one another too.  Usually we have just the Rufous by this time of year so I'm wondering if it is the 2 different species going after eachother.  

if you're getting more birds staying longer, perhaps you should consider getting a couple more feeders.  I know some folks that let me photograph the hummers at their place, and they have all 3 species common to eastern WA (Black chinned, Calliope, & Rufous).  There are about 25 to 30 hummers in all at their place, and I've never noticed any fighting or dead birds.  They have about 10 feeders that they keep fresh sugar water in at all times, so the birds aren't competing for the same areas.