Tuesday – 5.15.2018

1:00 AM – Here’s a Carolina Wren taking a vigorous bath, splashing water on the camera lens.

This was taken with the Nikon camera. It’s shaky because I’m not using a tripod, unfortunately. The cat is grooming himself, but he’s in a good position to watch the birds and squirrels feeding all over the yard.

Another hand-held video taken with the Nikon. The birds, and particularly the squirrels are a lot less skittish. I can sit on the deck and they’ll go ahead and feed. Like this cheeky squirrel. I was sitting about two yards away.

 

Sunday – 5.13.2018

1:00 AM – Another Retro-Sunday, this one from one year ago, on 5.13.2017. That was a Saturday.

2:39 AM – The Mockingbird, an infrequent visitor, helps himself (or herself) at the suet feeder. I can’t tell if it’s the same bird in all of the clips – in one of them, it looks smaller, and so might be female or immature.

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These days we don’t see the bluebird boys in the platform feeder very often, but here’s one.

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The unsung, un-celebrated sparrow is a constant visitor to the platform feeder, but rarely featured in videos. I think this one is a Chipping Sparrow. So, here he is:

Saturday – 5.12.2018

1:00 AM – These are the last of the Indigo Bunting videos, until next year. In this one there’s a Bunting on the Squirrel Buster feeder, with a Cardinal in the feeder next door.

Another leftover Indigo Bunting video, this one with a Blue Jay on the rail in the background. Probably eating peanuts, a very popular food for birds.

Here’s a Blue Jay drinking. When he finishes, he checks out the rail for nuts, but Food Court management hasn’t put any out yet.

 

Friday – 5.11.2018

1:00 AM – A couple of Cardinals on the meal worm feeder. I like to post pictures of the male Cardinals on this feeder, because the green background makes their red feathers even more vivid. This female is fun to watch, because she’s wolfing down worms as fast as she can. Nothing wrong with that, of course. She is a wild animal.

One more from our Indigo Bunting collection. Here are two Buntings at the Squirrel Buster feeder, along with some Finches. There’s only a few more Bunting videos left.

Here’s a procession of birds on the meal worm feeder, starting with the Red Bellied Woodpecker, then two Carolina Chickadees, two Tufted Titmice, a Carolina Wren and another Chickadee. This goes on all day long.

Wednesday – 5.9.2018

1:00 AM – Cardinal on the platform feeder, displaying to catch the attention of a female. If he was successful, the meeting occurred off camera.

Here’s a squirrel on the Squirrel Buster feeder, and sure enough, he gets busted. He can’t get into the seed chamber without putting weight on the rail, and closing the hatch.

Another video of one of the departed Indigo Buntings. Too bad they’re not here year around.

 

Monday – 5.7.2018

1:00 AM – It looks like the Indigo Buntings have moved on. We still have some video from their visit. In this one, we see two Buntings mixing with some Finches. Those Buntings are beautiful birds, we’re going to miss them.

Our most frequent visitor is the squirrel. There’s no stopping them. Here’s one placidly eating the bird’s food.

We haven’t see any Bluebirds for several days now, but there are plenty of Carolina Chickadees, and Eastern Phoebes:

Backyard Birds in Central Alabama