1:00 AM – Here’s Mrs. Cardinal on the birdbath, clicking her beak, cheeping and taking a vigorous bath. And splashing the camera.
Lay out some peanuts, and within minutes this is what you get:
Mr. Cardinal is hanging around the birdbath, but he’s not drinking or bathing. Maybe he’s just waiting his turn for the Squirrel Buster:
1:00AM – Small thirst Chickadee getting a drink of water:
A Squirrel and a Dove, with the Squirrel hogging the water dish.
Mr. Cardinal and the mealworms. The camera is getting worse, this video is not high quality.
1:00 AM – The Cardinals spending some time together:
Squirrel wants to know what’s going on:
Ambitious Squirrel sizes up the situation on the Squirrel Buster, shinnies up the supporting pole. He discovers he can’t get to the food, so climbs back down the rod, upside down. The Squirrels are little athletes.
1:00 AM – Squirrel enjoying nice clean water, then taking a leap at the Squirrel Buster feeder. He discovers that it’s called a ‘buster’ for good reason.
Mr. Cardinal getting a drink. The loss of the platform feeders has probably inconvenienced the Cardinals a little, but they can feed from the hangers without much trouble:
Two Squirrels for the price of one:
1:00 AM – Here are a variety of birds on the mealworm feeder, a typical assortment:
The Squirrel community continues to absorb the shock of the closing of the food court. Here’s a disturbed Squirrel still searching for peanuts:
As frustration increases, the Squirrels become irritable:
1:00 AM – We’re seeing these little Ground Squirrels around the deck, but usually they stick to eating seeds that have fallen out of the feeder. But this one is right there in the middle. Check out his little cheeks, stuffed with seeds.
Mr. Cardinal having a hard peck at the small seeds. He prefers the black oil sunflower seeds, not these little hard ones.
The Eastern Towhee again:
1:00 AM – Another lounging Squirrel. First Squirrels, then Raccoons – what’s next, Possums?
Cardinals visit the mealworm feeder surprisingly often:
Here’s a unique view of Squirrel jaws in action:
1:00 AM – Cardinal on the feeder.
More of the Downy Woodpecker on the mealworm feeder:
Cardinals in the early hours, sharing:
1:00 AM – Cardinal taking care of some peanuts:
The Downy Woodpeckers have been all over the mealworm feeder:
Lots of Carolina Wrens:
1:00 AM – Purple Finches are kind of purple, but House Finches have red markings. I can’t tell which one bird this is:
This one is the Purple, almost for sure:
The Cardinals – always around: