The Sugar Dome
Watch Rufous and Broad-tailed hummingbirds face off for dominance!
By Zach Hutchinson
Coordinator, Community Science, 约炮视频 Rockies
Updated March 24, 2025
Published May 07, 2020
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Hummingbirds aren鈥檛 just pretty little birds. If you spend time watching them interact, you鈥檒l quickly realize that they鈥檙e one of the feistiest birds in our region. Males in particular are fiercely protective of their breeding territories and prized flowering plants.
In fact, this competition is so intense that we thought it deserved its own sports commentary. Hence: the Sugar Dome! Broadcast by VESPN (for you non-bird nerds, that鈥檚 a pun on the banding code for Vesper鈥檚 Sparrow, VESP), and commentated by Richard Cissel (@realdickcissel) and Jay Stellers (@stellerjay).
Tune in to watch team Rufous challenge Team Broad-tailed for the access to sugar water! And when you鈥檙e done, give the hummingbirds in your own neighborhood a boost by