Century plants (Agave americana) are abundant on Eleuthera and when they flower (once in their lifetime, and usually after 30 not 100 years) they attract hummingbirds. The flower stalk is about 30 feet high and the plant dies as it flowers. Here's one along the oceanfront
Here's a general view of the flower
and here are 2 clips of hummers feeding at it:
A second Century Plant is blooming in the back garden at Calypso, and a juvenile male Woodstar hummingbird is guarding it:
In the final clip, this young male attacks a hummer that starts feeding on "his" flowers:
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