[Maine-birds] Speaking of "ANGRY BIRDS" ... ticked-off cardinals.

Tuesday 26 June 2012

This a.m. the Cardinals in my backyard were VERY displeased

to find a Gray Squirrel on "their" platform feeder.

(the squirrel shows up first thing EVERY morning so it was not a rare event.)

HOWEVER, The male and female had brought their fledgies to feed

and did not like that the squirrel was hogging the platform feeder.

The male and female Cardinals both repeatedly dive-bombed the squirrel,

in a vain attempt to chase it away.

(Meanwhile one of the braver "babies" watched from a nearby

perch on a Shepard's hook and the others waited in the river birch near by.)

Of course the squirrel to absolutely NO NOTICE and kept on munching away.

I do not know how the standoff resolved itself, since I had to leave for work,

but my bet is that the cardinals had to wait the squirrel out along with

the numerous other birds (gold finches, purple finches and sparrows)

and various other birdies waiting more patiently nearby in the trees.

Roberta Lane

Auburn Backyard.

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