I've been passing this thread on to my son in Alburquerque -- he has a yard full of warring Rufies. The other hummers he gets are relatively tolerant; not so the Rufies. Sounds like this little guy lost his GPS. Kenneth Thompson Moline Acres (north StLouis County) MO ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]