White-breasted nuthatch with peanut Came home one day to find three or four nuthatches doing peanut runs from the squirrel feeder. They would drop the nuts off in tree limbs nearby, and shoot back for more.
The nuthatches were replaced by an Acorn Woodpecker.
Steller's Jay gobbling down 5 or 6 peanuts at once The Acorn Woodpecker was chased off and replaced by steller's jays
Acorn woodpecker looking for dive-bombing jays
Scrub Jay - after chasing off the Steller's, and jamming as many as possible in one trip
Finally, the intended critter arrived, and all the birds had to wait.
(This is actually a baby squirrel that's been using this feeder for the past few weeks).
Singing goldfinch in the back yard, joyfully oblivious of the peanut tussles.
Turkey eggs have already hatched, and babies are pretty mobile Surprised this female turkey in the tall grass, she jumped up and acted very nervous, thought maybe she had a nest of eggs nearby, when suddenly three young turkey fledglings shot up out of the grass away from me, too quickly for a photograph of them, alas.
The wood pile quail couple out for an evening stroll