12:27 AM – This is the first time we’ve seen one of these, and we’ve tentatively ID’ed it as an Eastern Phoebe. The video is choppy because our camera started ‘pixilating’, and we had to edit it. The Cornell Labs website says they can be winter migrators or permanent residents here in Alabama. It also says they’re from the Flycatcher family of birds, who usually eat insects and so are not often seen at feeders. These seem to like the mealworms pretty well.

More from the Archives. This was recorded in November 2016.