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Message: [QUOTE="Beverly, post: 120587, member: 3056"] I don't know MM, so far the only hummingbirds i have been able to identify are the Cinnamon Hummers so i can tell you they are not that. They have mostly iridescent green coloring with straight bills, and are comparatively small. This fits the identity of approximately 30 species of hummingbirds found in Mexico. Also, my hummingbirds are completely wild and wary of humans because they are not fed by humans via feeders. This makes identifying them doubly difficult. The mom experienced no opposition to building the nest and continues to add home improvements. She chose wisely her location. There are rarely territorial squabbles within the walls of my garden because if i observe them i react. But they are by nature territorial and probably due to size, extra territorial. Once a hummingbird came flying from one side of the garden to another doing about 100 miles an hour and knocked an innocent Monarch butterfly off the flower it was perched on. I was witness to this and just before hitting the Monarch the hummer moved its head to the side so the bill (beak) did not pierce the wing of the butterfly. I found the Monarch on the ground dizzy and no doubt thinking "what was that?" But he survived the attack.:) [/QUOTE]