Tag Archives: Yellow-rumped Warbler

Sunday – 11.12.2017

1:12 AM – It’s Retro-Sunday again. We’ll start with this video of a Bluebird attacking a Yellow Rumped Warbler at the mealworm feeder. This clip was first posted in March, 2017. Here it is again, re-edited to show the assault by the vicious Bluebird in Slow Motion. We do like our Bluebirds, though. We just stay away from them at the mealworm feeder.

We haven’t seen the Blue Jays at the feeders for several weeks, so here’s a video from the recent past, just to take a look at the beautiful birds. This isn’t their best behavior, but we still like to look at them.

 

Thursday – 7.13.2017

5:07 AM – All of our cameras have been out of commission for the last few days, for one reason or another. That means no recent videos. Instead, here’s a special Thursday edition of our regular Sunday “Greatest Hits” posting.

Here’s a weird video of a Blue Jay celebrating the ousting of another Jay from the birdbath, with a hopping dance. From April 29, 2017.

A Yellow-rumped Warbler and a bluebird at the mealworm feeder, from April 15, 2017. We haven’t seen the warblers for a few months now.

From April 12, 2017,  a Purple Finch feeding an immature finch. Actually, that might be a House Finch, the color reproduction of these videos isn’t always right on target, so it might be purple, might be red.

Thursday – 6.1.2017

4:22 AM – Where are they now? These are some of the birds that visited for one day, or maybe a week, then flew off somewhere. Maybe they were migrating, and we’ll see them again in the Fall. Maybe they got a better offer at a Foodcourt down the block. Anyway, here are videos of their visits.

Indigo Bunting

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Goldfinch

Easter Towhee

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Cedar Waxwing

Dark-eyed Junco

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Redwing Blackbird

And finally, our favorite, the Brown Headed Cowbirds

Tuesday – 4.25.2017

12:03 AM – Recently Mrs. Cardinal tangled with one of the delinquent bluebirds, and come out second best. Evidently she was surprised the first time. This time it goes a little differently. The action part is repeated in slow motion. All that’s followed by a brief food sharing episode with Mr. Cardinal.

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The Blue Jay seems to have become a regular, I’m pleased to say.

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We have focused on the bluebirds and Blue Jays so much lately it’s easy to forget there are a lot of other birds in the Foodcourt. Here’s a couple of those – a very handsome Yellow-rumped Warbler and a White Breasted Nuthatch – just going about their business.

Saturday – 4.15.2017

12:34 AM – We don’t see that many Robins at the feeders. More often, they’re feeding on the lawn. This one is getting a drink of water. He stares down a couple of Mourning Doves.

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Male Northern Cardinal having lunch, and looking around for someone. This looks like more than the normal alertness-for-cats-and-hawks, so I suppose he’s looking for Mrs. Cardinal, or possibly other males.

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This is a good video of a Yellow-rumped Warbler on the mealworm feeder. He moves to the other side of the feeder, out of our sight, then a bluebird flies right at him, and he disappears somewhere. I can’t actually see him flying away from the feeder, but in an instant the bluebird is sitting where there once was a warbler.

Thursday – 4.13.2017

12:03 AM – Blue Jays at the platform feeder.

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This Yellow-rumped Warbler has very distinct and attractive markings. The Cornell Lab website says this is the usual Spring/Summer plumage for the male. Since we’ve only been watching the backyard birds since this past Winter we’re used to seeing these warblers in their drab cold weather uniforms.

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We thought there were only three immature bluebirds, but this video shows, for a brief moment, four of them.

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Last vidoe: a cat at the birdbath. We see more of them at night, but this one was on a daytime scouting mission.

Sunday – 4.9.2017

10:29 AM – Bruno the neighbor dog jumped the fence again this morning. In the first section he’s in the bottom left corner – he pauses briefly to listen to, and ignore, his owner calling him. We always enjoy our visits from Bruno, and he seems to have a good time.

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9:14 AM – Bluebird fledglings are back. There are three of them, and they seem to be getting stronger, better at flying and hopping. Not always though. Here’s one trying to take off from the birdbath and getting an involuntary dunking.

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7:56 AM – Early morning Hummingbird.

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4:06 AM – The bluebirds made a brief appearance yesterday morning, but that was it. With any luck, we’ll get some good footage of them today. In the meantime, here’s a couple of standard variety Carolina Chickadees. These little hoppers are among of my favorites.

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Heavy traffic at the mealworm feeder.

Saturday – 4.8.2017

12:05 AM – This is great. I had no idea these young bluebirds could be so aggressive.

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One of the fledglings takes his first bath (probably). I guess he’s a little preoccupied when dad comes by with a snack. Which must have annoyed Mr. Bluebird, since he seems to spend every moment of the day ferrying mealworms from the feeder to a bird-mouth.

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Here’s a break from the many home movies the bluebird parents now have of the kids growing up. We had a Ruby-throated Hummingbird have a nice long drink of nectar. We’re really looking forward to swarms of them this summer.

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Finally, this Yellow-rumped Warbler has some markings we haven’t seen before. He’s a little small and rotund, and we’re wondering if he might be a fledgling, or maybe a little older.

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Wednesday – 3.29.2017

4:29 AM – The Cardinals are not usually very vocal at the feeder, but Mr. C is clearly calling to (and looking for) Mrs. C, and getting a response. This Spring courtship has been really interesting to watch:

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More new Cardinal behavior: lately he’s been spotted at the mealworm feeder a few times. Maybe he just wants a change of diet, or maybe the black oil sunflower seeds (his usual food), which got wet the night before in a rain storm, were unappetizing.

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Of course, the mealworms are popular with a lot of birds. Here’s a parade of them, taking turns at the feeder: bluebird, cardinal, yellow-rumped warbler, then bluebird again.

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And finally, a new cat in town. We usually see two regulars, a black cat and a really big ginger. This is this one first appearance.