The Starving Wildlife
I think we are squirrel central for Massachusetts. They hang out on the steps to the deck, on the beams under the deck and in the tree overlooking the deck. They are always nearing starvation even as their coats grow thick and glossy and their bellies become perfectly well-rounded.
Two Titmice arriving for dinner. I swear one of them is flying upside down!
As soon as I finally chase the squirrels away … and these days it takes both Garry and me making a direct appearance at the fence and sometimes, the feeder — birds by the dozens fly in.
Three Blue Jays actually attacked a squirrel today. You gotta hand it to the squirrels. If three Blue Jays went after me, I’d run for the hills. This guy just kept eating. Blue Jays are big, strong birds with long beaks. That was one hard-headed squirrel.
I got pictures. I didn’t get all the birds because they are flying in or falling off the feeding in every direction, but I got some interesting ones. I certainly didn’t get all the squirrels. You might think all squirrels look alike, but they don’t. I think I’m going to have to start giving them names.
Missing are the Doves (but they are around, just not today), the yellow Goldfinch (still on their way back from Canada?) and I think the Jays pushed the Cowbirds out of the area for the moment.
One more Blue Jay
Blue Jays are grumpy, aggressive and rather large (11 to 12 inches) birds and since this year — unlike last year — they’ve decided this is the place to BE, they have arrived like an army battalion.
Dinner time for birds
Today there were as many as five or six lined up on the fence rail. Once I saw two of them on the feeder, but one pecked the other, and then there was one.
Cee suggested that seeds are okay and I realized “Hey, there are enough seeds for a forest of miscellaneous plants.” So, no flowers, but lots and lots of SEEDS.
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Categories: #Birds, #gallery, #Photography, Cee's Photo Challenge, Flower of the day, Marilyn Armstrong
THE WILDEST GARDEN IN WORCESTER COUNTY 
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
We use to have a lot of chipmunks in Deep River. We named one of them Napoleon. It suited him..
Leslie
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They are very chatty, aren’t they? If they disapprove of whatever you are doing, they will scold you 🙂
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They are chatty…
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Whose food bill is highest? The boids? the dawgs? I think we are also rans.
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Between the birds and dogs, we definitely run third.
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You have taken some wonderful action shots, Marilyn! Upside-down flying birds–who knew?! 😀
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We have seen birds whirl in the air, so I realized they must all be able to fly in any direction. But this is the first time I caught it on a photograph.
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It looks like the Bluejays at least will be taking no nonsense from the squirrels this year.
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I don’t know. They poked him and he just kept EATING. Once they have their jaws in the seeds, they do not give up easily — or at ALL.
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What fun to be able to watch the birds and the squirrels! And how interesting that the birds would create an ‘army’ to attack the squirrel!
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It IS fun, but I think we spend more money on food for dogs and birds and squirrels than on us.
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