Cute White Footed Mouse and Nest

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Video: Cute White Footed Mouse and Nest

White Footed Mouse family have a luxury house in an underground water meter high in the Great Smoky Mountains. Cute little fellow - if you watch closely you'll see him rub noses with Mrs Mouse who I'm pretty sure has babies in the downy nest. I gave them a little bird seed and left them undisturbed - will keep an eye on them. 

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House Wren Singing a Song

Video: House Wren Singing a Song

Male House Wren singing and calling his heart out for a mate and to defend the territory around his newly claimed Bluebird Nest Box. I don't have much experience with these birds, this is the land of the Carolina Wrens, but I love this outgoing and tenacious little guy. He has such a presence for a tiny bird and has been carrying on for days and now has a mate - more on that later. Not good Bluebird habitat in the dense high altitude forest of the Great Smoky Mountains, but the Bluebird nest box is a great box for many species. 

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Cute Chipmunk Likes To Smell Rabbits

Video: Cute Chipmunk Likes To Smell Rabbits

Cute Chipmunk seems to have a thing for smelling both ends of Cottontail Rabbits. To see it once could be an amazing lucky capture - to see it twice is pretty bizarre - cute but bizarre!

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House Sparrows Feeding Babies in Nest

Video: House Sparrows Feeding Babies in Nest

House Sparrow couple feeding two babies in a nest in an old Purple Martin house grown over by tree branches on a trip north. This is not Purple Martin habitat so they are not displacing them, but like the House Wren they are tenacious defenders of their cavity nests.  Introduced from Europe in the 19th century the House Sparrow is now a common bird in many urban areas. This nice clean, attractive couple display the energy and dedicated work ethic of caring for their young. If you watch closely you will see a fecal sac removed to keep the nest clean and some housekeeping done as the adult enter the nest and tidy up.

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Entertainment Video For Cats and People - Chipmunk in Forest

Video: Entertainment For Cats and People -  Chipmunk in Forest

Entertainment For Pets and People. 30 minutes of nonstop furry action by this cute, expressive, over-acting, and dare I say, gluttonous Chipmunk in the deep forest of the Great Smoky Mountains. Includes forest backdrop and bird sounds with wind and weather.

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Indigo Bunting Breeding Male

Video: Indigo Bunting Breeding Male

Male Indigo Bunting in full blue mature breeding colors. A beautiful little bird. Said to be relatively common in the east, but this is my first video capture. Like their much rarer cousins the Painted Buntings, they like heavy brush near open areas. This one was making quick rounds of seeds fallen on the Ground in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.

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Giant Millipede Meditation

Video: Giant Millipede Meditation

Millipedes or "Thousand Leggers" really don't have a thousand legs, but they have a lot. A meditations on this fascinating creature set to ambient music with natural birds sounds in the background. Whatever your reaction to millipedes in the past I encourage you to observe the beauty of this creature as it goes about its business among the leaf litter in the Great Smoky Mountains - A UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural beauty and incredible bio-diversity - which includes an amazing array of magnificent Millipedes. 

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Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Video: Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak is a striking bird with his Superman Shield and this is a first- time species capture for me - always exciting!  Video is a bit shaky at very long range as the bird worked the tree canopy for insects with its heavy bill, but managed to get one clear shot .This bird is at the extreme southern end of its summer range, Western North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains and in early May it may just be passing through. It is also at the lower end of its elevation range this far south - around 3,600 feet. These birds are known to spend summers in the Great Smoky's at high elevations.

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Video: Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Broad Winged Hawk Takes Off

Video: Broad Winged Hawk Takes Off

Broad Winged Hawk in the Great Smoky Mountains takes off about 60 high atop a big Yellow Buckeye Tree. As is often the case they get chased off by much smaller birds on the offensive as these hawks prey mostly on birds. This video was taken at long range at 1365 mm with the 2x digital tele-converter enabled. A little shaky but not bad considering.

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Wild Turkey Mother's Day

Video: Wild Turkey Mother's Day

Mother's Day will be busy for this Wild Turkey with six kids called poults. I love the expression of concern and the time and extreme caution she uses in getting the youngsters across the road and they  seemingly have not a care in the world! 

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Red Bellied Woodpecker Inspects and Pecks Inside Nest Box

Video: Red Bellied Woodpecker Inspects Nest Box

Red Bellied Woodpeckers inspecting and pecking inside the Woodpecker Nest Box. They inspect a potential house to raise their young very seriously and loudly! Obviously sound wood is very important to them as well as a good fit and comfort. Hopefully this is the year they will pick the house!

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Cute Baby Eastern Screech Owl in Tree

Video: Cute Baby Eastern Screech Owl in Tree

First Screech Owlet to leave the nest box earlier this spring is sitting high in a tree near the nest box. It is a rocking windy day, but the little guy is doing alright. The parents will continue to feed the fledglings for several weeks. 

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Feral Cat Documentary - The Stare Down - A Meditation!

Video:  Feral Cat Documentary - The Stare Down - A Meditation!

Feral Cat Documentary Part 3 - Stare Meditation - Look into the soul of a striking mixed Bengal Tabby Feral Cat. He returns to the Backyard at dusk after a five-month absence. First introduced in the Documentary "The Secret Life of a Feral Cat" in October 2014.

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The story continues....

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