More of nature

reible

I'm so far behind on posting videos........

Here is one that was easy to post and shows a red-winged blackbird who decided to put on a little show for my wife and I. It was there a lot longer then the video and I wanted to mention that it was only about 6 feet away from me. Several bike rides came by but the bird didn't seem to care??

https://youtu.be/YPjoI7AFZ88

Ed

wrmnfzy

How the hell do you hold the camera so steady,👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

jsburger

Mating season. :D

Ed in Tampa

I am lost what does mating season have to do with holding the camera steady????😂

jsburger

Ed in Tampa wrote I am lost what does mating season have to do with holding the camera steady????😂

My post was directer to Ed's original post not wrmnfzy's.

reible

All of this takes place between 7:19 pm 5/4/21 and 7:23 am 5/5/21 so about 12 hours of actual time.....

This is a long one, about 15 minutes long. It starts with me leaving a cup of red grapes and a cup of popcorn out in the back yard for the wildlife.

Will the fox come back for this treat? Will the raccoons find it and enjoy? Maybe a cat would like to try one of these? Birds are always up for eating this sort of meal so would they get some? How about the squirrels and chipmunks that roam the yard, a good treat for them? Lets not count out the rabbits or the opossums or the skunks, or some other wild beast from stopping by.

Well you will not have to wait long to find out which animal eats red grapes and popcorn in this video. Do stay and watch as there are several interesting events that happen....... Please feel free to share this with anyone and make sure your kids get to see it if you have any. I do hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

https://youtu.be/-jsATkVpgBY

BuckeyeDennis

That was fun ... “Peter the Eater” definitely won this week’s gluttony competition! 😋

I’d be curious to see what would happen if you changed up the offering to include peanut butter. That was the bait that “Varmint Gaurd” used to trap the squirrels that chewed through my eaves, and took up residence in my attic. They swear by it.

reible

I use peanut butter on my mouse traps, works every time. My brother has a chipmunk and they too love peanut butter.

My brother gave me some 2 x 2 peanut butter feeders with holes drilled in to put the peanut butter in for the birds. The squirrels made kindling wood out of them trying to get every last drop of the peanut butter........ a one and done deal.

I have batteries coming for my trail camera so I will set out some peanut butter this week just to see who will stop by. I set them out in the evening so it is possible something other then the squirrels will find it. If it makes it to morning then it is another story. BTW I have seen mice in videos so it quite possible we might see them visit during the night.

Ed

reible

This is a 7 minute or so video, longer then most that I post. Yesterdays was just over 15 minutes so I had to sell my soul to get permission to have longer then 15 minute videos. I really like to keep them short but the recent events kind of work better as longer versions but I do hope to get back to my usual half minute versions again.

This time there are some red grapes in a bowl of water. Again left out in the evening and not touched over night, the raccoons didn't even seem to notice that they were there.

No the rabbit didn't have any this time but did check them out. So who ate the grapes? Yes you have to watch to find out.

https://youtu.be/dVrlRBHALxQ

Ed

Ed in Tampa

Great video!

reible

Had a cut off piece of cedar so I put a spoon of peanut butter on it and set it out in the backyard to see what might find it.

At a short while after midnight an opossum walked by, turned around and came back and ate it up. Sticky roof of the mouth and all.

Here is the video:

https://youtu.be/G_bpfw9f-lM

Stay tuned I have two more videos from last night and this morning that I'm working on.

Ed

reible

The morning after. Starting with this very young squirrel who is just out on his own this week..... see what else comes to check out the peanut butter plank.

https://youtu.be/W_QHuAnabbc

These young squirrels are interesting to watch, you will see some of it in the next video

Ed

reible

And here is squirrely squirrel. Born this winter and just now exploring the backyard on its own this week. It has been around with mom but I guess it that time when young squirrels have to get started on their own.

https://youtu.be/Ba71uM1hJDU

Just now getting this done so the camera will not get out tonight. If you want to see something else placed out in the backyard I will see what I can do to accommodate.

Ed

BuckeyeDennis

Yep, that peanut butter is some popular stuff!

It would be interesting to see how hard the critters would work to get to it. I’m thinking maybe something like a box with a simple lift-up door latch, to see which ones could figure it out. I’m guessing that squirrels would get in, and that coons would be the crack safe-crackers if you made it more complicated.

A coon once even figured how to free my squirrel-proof birdfeeder from the carabiner clip it was hanging from. Afterward, I had to supplement the carabiner with nylon cable ties.

reible

Same peanut butter plank and this time with a small box covering it. Thus far the box has stumped the short tail raccoon and the rabbit. I think the rabbit got closer but still no peanut butter...... The raccoon didn't really try that hard, maybe it was late for an appointment with a better meal?

https://youtu.be/2ShorSVi604

Ed

reible

The cat had no interest and nothing else came by that night leaving the box for the squirrel to investigate. Cutting an end flap make it easy for it to pull down to access the plank with the peanut butter on it. No idea how it walked off with a large glob of warm peanut butter???? So this ends this little adventure. Box is in the recycle bin and the plank will make a nice starter for the fire pit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwxSqj3elPY

Ed

BuckeyeDennis

I was pulling for the rabbit, but he was definitely no Houdini. As for the squirrel — you practically served him breakfast in bed! I wager that he would chew right through a sealed box to get to the peanut butter.

reible

I had expected one of the night time visitors would have the peanut butter and was not expecting it to last into the morning. As it turned out the changes I made to the box made it way to easy for the squirrel, but if the rabbit had come along I think it would have been able to check the peanut butter out, not sure if it would have liked it??? Not like these animals run into peanut butter out in nature.....

We have been seeing and hearing crows of late. Our local population was pretty much decimated some years back and recovery has been slow. I was thinking of adding something of that might draw them into the yard for a visit. They land in trees near by and fly over, so just have to figure out what they might find interesting enough to stop in for a visit.

Ed

reible

Last year was a bust for Mulberries in my area, this year it looks like they have returned. You will notice the lack of the ripe black ones, that was due to my policy of eat first then photograph..... Should have a lot more ripe tomorrow if I can mange to get back out there. This is from last Wed.

Black berries have a lot of blooms but that doesn't mean much as far as if they produce a good crop, last year was bad for them as well.

mulberry tree.jpg

reible

Had to trim some cherry tree branches that were loaded with cherries, some ripe some not. Decided to put the cherries in a bowl and set them out for the passing wild life in the back yard. In this video we see the short tail raccoon show up about 10:00 and then at about 4:30 another raccoon shows up to sample some as well.

https://youtu.be/XNEksDUm3ww

Ed