I was helping a friend deal with a hornets nest the other day, and while I managed to not get stung by a single hornet, I did get smacked in the head a few times by hummingbirds. There looked to be 4 males that were fighting around my friends feeder. I recorded them on my phone for a little bit. In this one video, you can see a bird flying near the feeder, and just after it comes closer to me, another one comes and attacks it.
That video is pretty boring after the part though. Here is another that showed some doing a bit of fighting.
Fighting hummingbirds
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Re: Fighting hummingbirds
Cool! I've only ever gotten to see that behavior from a distance it's great that you were so close!