violence at the feeder
May 19, 2009The dark-eyed junco fledglings feed on their own now, taking big helpings from the cornmeal/peanut butter bowl. Shyer, the titmouse fledglings have just begun coming to the feeder. One was happily eating away when a parent junco pounced on it. The juncos chase away most other birds from time to time, but before I knew it, the fledgling was on its back, helpless with Papa junco on top pecking away.
I jumped up and banged on the window. Since then the parent titmice are making multiple trips with beaks full of cornmeal mix for the traumatized young.
Sometime I will rig up a webcam so you can see these antics too. There are plans afoot to build a bluebird nesting house or two. And I’ve got to figure out a way to film the hummingbirds that regularly jump into the spray from the hose for a shower.
