Bluejay and woodpecker birds at bird feeder 7-11-11

Observation of morning activities at the elevated bird feeder in our back yard. Visitors include bluejays and woodpecker. 

Then we had some adolescent starling, grackles and dove come join us

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Hummingbird enjoying fresh food

Hummingbird enjoys the new sugar water so much that he sits on the perch and takes 5 long drinks.  On his third trip back he is disrupted from visiting by the intrusion of a hairy woodpecker who has a sweet tooth.

Cardinal Male Feeding Young

Compared to other birds, male cardinals are very paternal.  In addition to feeding the young, as you see about half way through this video, they also take turns sitting on the eggs.  I guess you might say that is the human equivelent of changing diapers :-)