1:00 AM – Here’s a busy Chickadee on the mealworm feeder. Notice how he pulls worms out and drops them to the ground. When he finds one he likes, he flies off with it. Chickadees are picky eaters.
Can’t have too many videos of Mazy in the pool.
Tag Archives: Carolina Chickadees
Saturday -6.2.2018
1:00 AM – Cardinals sharing. Kind of hard to see, watch them on the rail on the far side of the feeder.
Chickadee on the mealworm feeder pecking out his dinner.
Cardinal and Sparrow peacefully feeding until a Dove comes along. We have too many Doves, but don’t know what to do about it. Like squirrels, we just put up with it.
Friday – 6.1.2018
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.
Wednesday – 5.30.2018
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.
Saturday – 5.26.2018
1:00 AM – Cardinals on the platform feeder. In this little drama, the male tries to share with the female, who is unenthusiastic. Will he prevail? You know he will.
Carolina Chickadee on the mealworm feeder:
Here’s an Eastern Phoebe and a Tufted Titmouse, a couple of drab birds that don’t get too much attention.
Saturday – 5.19.2018
1:00 AM – Here’s a good video of Mr. Cardinal bathing. He’s really thorough, and seems to be enjoying himself. Maybe not. It’s hard to tell bird emotions.
Something unusual – three birds of different species drinking at the same time. As I watched, I expected to see a fight break out, but nothing happened. Maybe the abundance of food and water here has made the birds more agreeable.
The first part of this video is in slow motion, showing a squirrel with his paws in the water, before scampering off. The second part shows a squirrel (possibly the same one) getting a dainty drink of water.
Wednesday – 5.16.2018
1:00 AM – Typical scene from the feeders – a Cardinal eating and chirping.
Brown Thrasher taking a bath. Too bad the quality of the video isn’t better, what with the action freezing occasionally.
Cute little Chickadee drinking.
Monday – 5.14.2018
1:00 AM – Red-bellied Woodpecker and Chickadee at the worm feeder.
Finch getting a drink. It’s not very exciting, but nothing much is going on around the feeders lately.
And finally, something unexpected:
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.
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: