1:00 AM – These are the last of the Indigo Bunting videos, until next year. In this one there’s a Bunting on the Squirrel Buster feeder, with a Cardinal in the feeder next door.
Another leftover Indigo Bunting video, this one with a Blue Jay on the rail in the background. Probably eating peanuts, a very popular food for birds.
Here’s a Blue Jay drinking. When he finishes, he checks out the rail for nuts, but Food Court management hasn’t put any out yet.
1:00 AM – Blue Jay snacking.
Another of our Indigo Bunting videos.
A Mockingbird on the mealworm feeder.
1:00 AM – Cardinal on the platform feeder, displaying to catch the attention of a female. If he was successful, the meeting occurred off camera.
Here’s a squirrel on the Squirrel Buster feeder, and sure enough, he gets busted. He can’t get into the seed chamber without putting weight on the rail, and closing the hatch.
Another video of one of the departed Indigo Buntings. Too bad they’re not here year around.
1:00 AM – Even though they’re gone, we still have video of the Indigo Buntings.
Blue Jays on the platform feeder.
A Cardinal eating seeds, one of the most common sights around the feeders.
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:
1:00 AM – Determined Indigo Bunting eating in the rain.
The squirrel in this video looks young, and unsure of himself. Something startles him, and…
Blue Jay, drinking. At the end when he jumps off the rail, he looks like a paratrooper going out the airplane door.
1:00 AM – Typical Indigo Bunting hopping around the feeder.
Something new. Not just one raccoon, but two. At the end of the clip Raccoon One jumps down, revealing Raccoon Two behind him on the rail. The video is slowed down to give Raccoon Two more time on camera, for his/her video debut.
Here are the two raccoons from another angle, with Raccoon Two in the foreground. If you’ve never heard a raccoon drinking, this is your chance.
1:00 AM – The rambunctious Indigo Buntings are quarreling with the Finches again. They’re outnumbered, but that doesn’t stop them from swaggering around like a pack of juvenile Bluebirds. (Juvenile Bluebirds can be very obnoxious and aggressive.)
A nice shot of an Indigo Bunting on the Squirrel Buster:
Just for a change, here’s a raccoon trying to get into the Squirrel Buster feeder. The Squirrel Busters really work, and the raccoon gets nothing there. But he does clean out the platform feeder. Oh well.
1:00 AM – Indigo Bunting and a Finch on the Squirrel Buster feeder. The Bunting keeps trying to run off the Finch, but the Finch keeps coming back. It turns into a game of bird hide and seek.
Here’s a close up of a Mockingbird on the mealworm feeder:
In this one we have the Bunting and a pair of Cardinals at the same time, in different feeders.
1:00 AM – The Indigo Buntings are beautiful little birds, but they’re not sissies. Here’s one attacking a Purple Finch and his date.
More Bunting Finch conflict. In this one the birds go back and forth, harassing each other. Watch for the Indigo surprise attack on the Finch near the end of the video.
And, for a change from Indigo Buntings, here are a couple of non-Buntings on the platform feeder – a Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Brown Thrasher, one of our favorites.