We have had a large group of hummingbirds this past summer. In past years we had a few but we always had just 1 feeder or at most 2 and they were close to each other. This year we put up 3 and separated them by 10 or 12 feet and the birds loved it. We had more than a dozen birds this year and often they were all there at the same time buzzing everywhere. We still had a couple who want to hog the food and they try to chase all the others away. They can't understand that we will refill them and there is plenty to go around. I guess they are just like us.
We also had a surplus of grasshoppers and this one seems to be eating his fill. Another creature that we have a few of is called an Antlion. The adult looks sort of like a dragonfly but the larva bury them selves in little cavities that they dig in the soil and they capture and eat ants that happen to crawl by. Very interesting little creatures. Sorry I don't have a picture of the little critter.
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