1:00 AM – This will make you laugh.
And here’s the unexpected visitor, enjoying himself. Notice the little nick in his right ear.
Cardinal and Wren trading places.
1:00 AM – This will make you laugh.
And here’s the unexpected visitor, enjoying himself. Notice the little nick in his right ear.
Cardinal and Wren trading places.
1:00 AM – This bird looks red to me, and not purple, so I’m calling it a House Finch instead of a Purple Finch.
Here’s a nice close up of Mrs. Cardinals Power-Beak. She’s tearing into the mealworms until the pesky Carolina Wren shows up
What’s up with Mrs. Cardinal. She’s not acting like she usually acts.
1:00 AM – Wonder what’s upsetting this squirrel:
More of Mrs. Cardinal bathing and clicking her beak.
The mealworm feeder was empty, and this Carolina Wren wasn’t pleased:
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 – These Carolina Wrens can become aggessive:
The Downy Woodpeckers really like mealworms:
And so do Mockingbirds:
1:00 AM – Mealworms are very popular with the Carolina Wrens:
Mockingbirds are now showing up. Like the Bluebird, they prefer mealworms:
1;00 AM – The Squirrels are growing more insolent by the day. Here’s another rail lounger:
A curious Carolina Wren:
And a very hungry one:
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 – Very active Blue Jay.
This is how the rail camera got knocked to the ground:
We haven’t seen this is Carolina Wrens, but it looks like some food sharing going on. It’s hard to tell, as one of the Wrens is almost off camera, but it’s unlikely he’s sharing with a Cardinal or Blue Jay
1:00 AM – Blue Jays are now almost as common as Cardinals around here. Maybe not, but it seems like it sometimes.
Carolina Wren and and Eastern Phoebe on the mealworm feeder:
And finally, our friend Petey Possum: