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.
1:00 AM – Blue Jay snacking.
Another of our Indigo Bunting videos.
A Mockingbird on the mealworm feeder.
1:00 AM – Even though they’re gone, we still have video of the Indigo Buntings.
Blue Jays on the platform feeder.
A Cardinal eating seeds, one of the most common sights around the feeders.
1:00 AM – Determined Indigo Bunting eating in the rain.
The squirrel in this video looks young, and unsure of himself. Something startles him, and…
Blue Jay, drinking. At the end when he jumps off the rail, he looks like a paratrooper going out the airplane door.
1:00 AM – Follow up to yesterday’s Crows eating peanuts – this one isn’t wasting any time clearing the rail. Once the nuts were gone, so were the Crows.
I think this is more what we had in mind: A wholesome Blue Jay having a snack.
Finches on the birdbath. In their striped suits they look like little Shakespearean court jesters.
1:00 AM – Male and female Cardinals on the Squirrel Buster feeder, sharing food.
A couple of videos of Blue Jays at the watering hole.
1:00 AM – Carolina Wrens on the cylinder feeder. This video was taken with the Nikon Coolpix camera, instead of the Arlo security cams. The difference in quality is obvious, though my shaking camera work doesn’t help. Next time, we’ll use a tripod.
Cardinals, Blue Jays and Finches alternating turns on the platform feeder. It’s nice to see cooperation, but a good bird dustup would have been more interesting.
Chickadee on the platform feeder.
1:00 AM – We’ve seen the Cardinals do this, but it’s the first time we got video of Blue Jays sharing food. We assume it means the same thing – some kind of courtship or nesting behavior.
An old Bluebird video, from September, 2017.
4:58 AM – It’s that time of the year again. These Cardinals are sharing food. According to online experts, that’s usually a sign of mating, or having youngsters. It’s been a while since we saw this.
This Blue Jay hung around the platform feeder for a long time for a bird – almost five minutes. This clip starts with a standard view, then accelerates to show several minutes in about 20 seconds. Something different.
1:00 AM – More battling Finches, until a Cardinal comes along and disperses them. After a few minutes, they come back, meek and mild, no squabbling.
Busy White Breasted Nuthatch gives the compressed seed a good gouging.
A couple of Blue Jays: