Tag Archives: Carolina Wren

Tuesday – 5.22.2018

1:00 AM – The Red-bellied Woodpecker is now a regular at the mealworm feeder. In this video he’s clearly enjoying the worms. It occurs to me that the mealworm feeder would be the perfect place for old, worn out woodpeckers, with arthritic beaks.

Brown Thrasher on the platform feeder:

Carolina Wren eating and posing. Note the black cat lying crouched on the path in the background. His yellow eyes are glued to the Wren, and he doesn’t move a muscle.

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.

Thursday – 5.17.2018

1:00 AM – This Cardinal seems to be ‘whetting’ his beak on the edge of the bird bath. That’s probably not what this is about, but I’m not sure what he’s really doing. Maybe the point of it is to make that scraping sound, as a signal to other birds.

This Carolina Wren is bathing his head, but also seems to be  honing his beak on the rim of the bath, like the Cardinal above. Is this new, or has it been going on for a while, and we didn’t notice it?

A Robin at the birdbath, but he’s not drinking or bathing. He seems to be paying attention to something in the yard, possibly a cat.

 

 

Tuesday – 5.15.2018

1:00 AM – Here’s a Carolina Wren taking a vigorous bath, splashing water on the camera lens.

This was taken with the Nikon camera. It’s shaky because I’m not using a tripod, unfortunately. The cat is grooming himself, but he’s in a good position to watch the birds and squirrels feeding all over the yard.

Another hand-held video taken with the Nikon. The birds, and particularly the squirrels are a lot less skittish. I can sit on the deck and they’ll go ahead and feed. Like this cheeky squirrel. I was sitting about two yards away.

 

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.

Sunday – 5.6.2018

1:00 AM – Cardinal on the meal worm feeder, vivid red in the bright sun.

This Wren is trying to bath without actually getting into the water. He circles and dips a wing or tail feather in the water. At one point he hops off the bird bath and sits on the rail, preening. This performance went on for quite a while.

Raccoon makes unsuccessful midnight visit to the feeders.

Saturday – 4.14.2018

1:00 AM – Carolina Wren bathing. He’s interesting to watch, a kind of hit and run bather.

From the mealworm feeder we see a male Cardinal, then in the middle of the clip, a female and male sharing mealworms. It happens quick, so look for it after the male flies off.