Unbridled Perspective

At the beginning of winter, I bought a brand new bird feeder. I was super stoked because it claimed squirrels and larger animals couldn’t eat from it. If a squirrel tried to, its own weight would slam the feeder doors shut. Yay!

So I bought some nyger seed and put it up. For two months no one touched my seeds. Nothing.

So I went out and bought a new seed mix that had peanuts and black sunflower seeds. Now that should entice some birds!

Sadly, no birds showed up for that either!

Instead, I got a squirrel.

That’s right. The squirrel proof bird feeder was not actually squirrel proof. Although in its defense, the squirrel that decided my seeds were delicious was a small red quirrel, about half the size of a bigger, black squirrel.

Ever since, the damn squirrel has been eating all my seeds. And yelling. A lot. That is the angriest brat of a squirrel I have ever seen. And he’s not scared either. He’ll see me walking home and sit on top of my feeder and yell at me. Grr.

Yesterday evening though, I saw something amazing. For the first time, I saw a bird at my bird feeder. It was a female cardinal!

And today, as I returned from work, I spotted four black squirrels (which we haven’t seen pretty much all winter) and a dozen little birds. The squirrels were under the feeder while the birds were throwing them a meal.

I haven’t heard a peep out of the red squirrel for a few days, come to think of it. And he was nowhere in site while the other animals feasted today.

In any case, I managed to get a shot of one little birdie. I think this is a female House Finch, but don’t quote me. I have a hard time identifying the little birds.