1:00 AM – Here’s another Pine Warbler enjoying some compressed bugs. This one is a little brighter than we’ve been seeing.
A couple of Sparrows on the newly reinstated platform feeder. This feeder attracts a lot more birds than any other platform type.
1:00 AM – A couple of cats on the trail. The gray one is a newcomer.
A Chickadee and a Sparrow, with the inevitable Finch at the end.
1:00 AM – Sparrow on the plank.
Chickadee on the feeder:
1:00 AM – Another of the Eastern Towhee’s ground-feeding:
Molting Cardinal scratching up dinner.
Tufted Titmouse and a Sparrow on the feeder:
1:00 AM – A White Breasted Nuthatch and a Sparrow on the Tree Feeder.
Here’s a House Finch, with less than perfect table manners.
1:00 AM – We’ve only had a few ‘daytime’ creatures drink from Mazy’s wallowing pool. Here’s a Dove and a Squirrel. It could be that the pool usually isn’t filled to the brim, as it is in these videos.
Here’s an ordinary Sparrow snacking at the Squirrel Buster. Nothing much happens, but it’s a slow day for bird videos, so here it is.
Mazy trotting down the trail to the watering hole. Sort of trotting.
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.
1:00 AM – Mourning Dove gradually ruffles his feathers out until he’s a big fluffy ball. The whole process took about a minute and a half. He stayed puffed up for several minutes, every now and then contracting a little, then expanding again. It looked like he might be bathing, but he didn’t get in the water. Presumably he was just airing himself out.
Here’s an irritable Cardinal running off a Nuthatch and Sparrow. In slow motion.
1:00 AM – Part two of the ‘Flock of Sparrows’ video. In this one the Sparrows share with a White Breasted Nuthatch and Purple Finch.
Red-bellied Woodpecker on the platform feeder. There’s a special appearance by a Brown Headed Nuthatch at the end of the clip.
3:51 AM – A flock of Sparrows have been around for a few days. Here’s a video of them sharing the platform feeder with a Cardinal and Dove. They aren’t spooked by the bigger birds, and keep right on eating.
Another birdbath video, this one with a Robin, Purple Finch and Bluebird. They’re probably very happy the ice is gone. For now, anyway.