1:00 AM – Two Bluebirds on their favorite feeder. We haven’t seen any young bluebirds yet this year.
This distinctly striped bird is a female Purple Finch. We’ve had quite a few of these Finches down from Canada (according to the Cornell website).
Friday – 3.16.2018
1:00 AM – More action from the platform feeder. A White Breasted Nuthatch and a Blue Jay:
Since we’re not able to access current videos due to some kind of problem with Arlo, here’s an archive video from November, 2016. This is one of the many we posted via the WordPress media system that disappeared from the website. Now, we’re reposting it.
Thursday – 3.15.2018
1:00 AM – Here’s some platform feeder drama. We start with a Brown Thrasher running off a Blue Jay. It took just seconds, so it’s shown in slow motion. After the Thrasher loses interest, the Doves move in. Notice the Blue Jay coming back to see if he coast is clear. I used to think Jays were tough and aggressive, but not anymore. Finally, stay tuned, and turn your volume on, to see a Dove swelling his chest to call.
Dark-eyed Junco scratching through the empty husks.
Finally, a Cardinal having breakfast in the dark. The video was taken at 6:41 AM, just before light.
Wednesday – 3.14.2018
1:00 AM – We saw Cardinals on the cylinder feeder several times today. Not sure why, since they usually stick to the platform. But every now and then they show up here, or on the mealworm feeder. Maybe they just like to go out to dinner every now and then.
Short video of a Pine Warbler on the mealworm feeder:
Another video of a busy Chickadee on the cylinder feeder.
Tuesday -3.13.2018
1:00 AM – More Bluebird videos. Not all videos can be as dramatic as yesterdays “Squirrel Tail” clip. Some videos are just…ordinary.
Short clip of Finches drinking.
Carolina Chickadee on the cylinder feeder.
Monday – 3.12.2018
1:00 AM – Unusual video of this Cardinals crest going full punk.
Short clip of a Tufted Titmouse on the compressed seed cylinder. We see these birds frequently, but for some reason don’t post many videos of them.
Something really different: Squirrel Tail.
Sunday – 3.11.2018
1:00 AM – Cardinal snacking on mealworms.
The Eastern Phoebe’s stick to the mealworm feeder, pretty much. And, we only see them every now and then, unlike the Bluebirds, Cardinals etc. So, here’s a couple of short videos.
Here’s a Pine Warbler. It looks a lot like the Yellow Warbler, except for the distinctive markings on the wings.
Saturday – 3.10.2018
1:00 AM – Here’s a particularly combative Finch, attacking everything that moves on the platform feeder.
We still see plenty of Bluebirds on the mealworm feeders. Here’s one:
Chickadees on the cylinder feeder. Smallest and cutest little birds in the yard:
Friday – 3.9.2018
1:00 AM – One of my favorites, the White Breasted Nuthatch. This one is really going after the new compressed seed cylinder. Right side up, and upside down.
Here’s a few short videos. In the first, look for the cat sitting on the path grooming itself. Very nonchalant. Nothing to see here, birds, nothing to see. When the birds in the platform fly off, he strolls across the deck.
Since Robins are ground feeders, we don’t usually see them in the feeders. Here’s a very brief video of one sitting on the deck railing.
Thursday – 3.8.2018
1:00 AM – Here’s a selfish Dove keeping the other Doves at bay. It doesn’t deter the interlopers, though.
Nice video of a male House Finch grazing in the platform feeder.
And a Red-bellied Woodpecker. You never know where these will show up, though they’re at the compressed seed cylinder most often.