1:00 AM – Closeup of a Carolina Wren at the birdbath. Look for the Indigo Bunting in the background.
The Indigos are gone now, it looks like. We haven’t seen on since last Thursday. Here’s two of the last videos. The first shows both birds, one on the feeder, one in the background on the rail.
This one is just an Indigo eating. Nothing exciting, but a last look at those beautiful birds. Until next year, then.
1:00 AM – Here’s a Goldfinch, a non-breeding male, I think. That accounts for the rather dull color and lack of markings on the head. We haven’t seen many Goldfinches this year.
This Cardinal, shown here bathing, seems to have started molting.
Finally, a Carolina Chickadee pecking on the compressed seed cylinder.
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 – Red-bellied Woodpecker, a regular customer at the cylinder feeder.
Carolina Chickadees at the mealworm feeder:
Every now and then a squirrel tries out the compressed seed cylinder, and discovers that it’s a HOT PEPPER seed cylinder. Like the one below, the squirrels are only there for a brief moment.
1:00 AM – Lots of action on the cylinder feeder as Finches and Pine Warbler swarm and scuffle with each other.
Cardinal spreading his wings:
A Carolina Wren on the compressed seed cylinder, eventually joined by a Carolina Chickadee.
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.
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.
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:
1:00 AM – A nice variety of traffic on the platform. Red-bellied Woodpecker and Cardinal, then a Blue Jay, all nice big colorful birds.
Here’s the large and small on the compressed seed cylinder. A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and a Carolina Chickadee.
Mockingbird having a mealworm snack.
1:00 AM – We’ve got two more cameras working, so we’re able to capture video of the mealworm feeder again. Here’s a random selection of mealworm fans – in order of appearance: Bluebird, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren and Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Normal traffic on the platform feeder. We’ve got a Red-bellied Woodpecker getting some peanuts, some Purple Finches, male and female, and a Dove.