1:00 AM – D gave all the feeders a good cleaning. Here’s a couple of birds wondering where all the seed went. A few minutes later, D refilled them, and things were back to normal.
Even better, when the feeders were taken away for cleaning, there was a lot of unhappy and confused birds out there.
The Bluebird is still around. In this one, he’s looking for scraps in the empty mealworm feeder.
1:00 AM – One more Bluebird video. There still hasn’t been any more return to the yard.
Medley of birds on the worm feeder – Cardinal, Eastern Phoebe and Carolina Wren.
1:00 AM – A couple of Chickadees on the mealworm feeder.
Another video of a Bluebird. We still haven’t seen any more than this one male.
1:00 AM – We’ve got a male Bluebird on the mealworm feeder. The Bluebirds disappeared for a few weeks. Maybe this means they’ll be coming back.
A couple of brief videos of colorful birds – a House Finch and a Cardinal.
1:00 AM – Birthday Bluebird retrospective! Sad to say the many Bluebirds we had in the yard have all gone somewhere else. We hope they’ll be back, but until then, here are videos of Bluebirds of yesterday.
In the first part of this video there’s one on the platform feeder. This is not their usual hangout lately, but I think there were a few mealworms in the mix. That will attract them. In the second part, they’re at their usual feeding station.
We have a number of these clips of juvenile Bluebirds terrorizing the other birds. In this one, a young Bluebird takes on a Dove twice his size, runs him off, then looks around for more victims.
Bluebird mealworm brunch, attended by up to four Bluebirds at a time. I wonder how many would cluster around if the feeder was bigger.
Here are some juvenile Bluebirds being approached by a juvenile Robin. I’m pretty sure the Robin wants to be friends, but the Bluebirds aren’t having any of that.
1:00 AM – Peanuts are popular with all the birds, including these uncouth looking Crows. Compared to our usual customers they’re big, rough birds, and carrion eaters, at that. I’d ask them to leave, but I’m afraid to
In contrast to the Crows, we have the return of the Indigo Buntings. Evidently they were just visiting other backyards, in sort of a grand tour of Alabaster, AL before they migrate on.
Finally, a really unusual video of what looks like a young Bluebird watching an Indigo Bunting feed. We haven’t seen any fledgling Bluebirds this year, but that’s what it looks like.
1:00 AM – Since we moved the platform feeder away, the Cardinals have had to use the Squirrel Buster feeder.
We’ve had lots of Finches this winter, most of them in their striped harlequin feathers. The other day, we saw an old fashioned Purple Finch, with purple feathers. I expect as the summer goes on, we’ll see plenty more.
Another Bluebird tearing it up on the mealworm feeder.
1:00 AM – A nocturnal visit from Bruno the Dog, just after midnight. A raccoon had just passed along the path, and Bruno is very interested in the scent. Happily for both, they didn’t meet.
More Indigo Bunting footage. We’ve seen two so far, and the pair were around this feeder all day yesterday. They’re migrators, so we probably won’t see them year round.
More meal worm feeder activity. First, a Yellow-rumped Warbler, followed by the ever-present Bluebird.
1:00 AM – Bluebird on the mealworm feeder. Still no sign of the young Bluebirds. Too bad.
Finches crawling over the compressed seed cylinder. There’s been plenty of Finch activity this winter.
1:00 AM – Cardinals on the mealworm feeder. At the end of the clip, they engage in a little food sharing.
And a couple of Bluebirds: