1:00 AM – We don’t get many visits from Ground Squirrels up on the rail feeders. This one is very wary. When he hear/sees/senses some threat he freezes, and stays that way:
It’s true that the early bird gets the worm, in this case, a Cardinal at 4:00AM and some mealworms:
More mealworm feeder action – a Chickadee isn’t intimidated by the Cardinal: