1:00 AM – Eastern Towhee feeding – watch of Bruno in the background, making an unscheduled visit.
This one is pretty good – a squirrel tries to move in on a Dove in the feeder, but runs into resistance:
Another video of a Blue Jay vigorously attacking seeds:
1:00 AM – Another hungry squirrel.
Enthusiastic Blue Jay stabbing at seeds.
These Purple Finches are not as numerous as they were a few months ago, but we still have a few around:
1:00 AM – Another lounging Squirrel. First Squirrels, then Raccoons – what’s next, Possums?
Cardinals visit the mealworm feeder surprisingly often:
Here’s a unique view of Squirrel jaws in action:
1:00 AM – More video of the Downy Woodpecker:
We have a Bluebird sighting on the mealworm feeder. It’s not a great video, but it’s what we have. Maybe those worms will lure others here:
And more of the Lounging Squirrel. He was out there on the rail for quite a while:
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 – 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 – We’ve got to move the Squirrel Buster feeder away from the rail. The clever squirrels have got it figured out.
We’re glad the Brown Thrashers are still around:
More Eastern Towhee video:
1:00 AM – Everything is normal at the green platform feeder – all the regulars are there:
Your have to look carefully, but here are two instances of one Carolina Wren attacking another. First time we’ve seen that.
Another video of an Eastern Towhee ‘scratch-dancing’ in the platform feeder:
1:00 AM – This is no secret, but Cardinals, like most other birds, like mealworms:
And Blue Jays like seeds. Also Peanuts.
And squirrels REALLY like peanuts:
1:00 AM – Here’s an unhappy Carolina Wren attacking the camera. Apparently he was unhappy that the Peanut Bar was empty.
More Wren business. I suspect the second Wren, the one having so much trouble picking up the peanut, is a young one. We’ve see a few small, uncertain Wrens that look like they’re just out on their own for the first time.
We watched video of this Squirrel eating almost all the peanuts we put out.