Thursday, December 30, 2021

Squirrel Alarm Call Chorus



The sound of 8 gray Squirrels making alarm sounds at once while I sit with them. There are some theories about these unusual squirrel group alarm calls or "chorus" sounds, but more research is needed. And yes, people do have real jobs studying all manner of squirrel vocalizations around the globe. The typical gray squirrel alarm call meaning from a few years back can be found at: https://youtu.be/FVRJsCsqFB0 . Reference: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wil... Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Wild Raccoons Kids Playing With Balls



Mother Raccoon is raising four kits under my Backyard studio – raccoon babies are called kits or sometimes cubs. They are big enough now to forage with mom at night and the kits are exploring their new world and showing up regularly on the camera in the jungle behind the yard. Raccoons are intelligent, curious creatures and their unique front paws are super sensitive and dexterous for probing water for food. I knew if I put something in the water basin like a few goofballs they would be irresistible to the kits on their nocturnal rounds with mom and they would have some fun with them. They of course did not disappoint. Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.

Saturday, December 25, 2021

A Painted Bunting Christmas Miracle



Christmas Miracle of Nature! What you are about to see this Christmas morning is a one in a million event when two of the most beautiful songbirds in the world decide to share a bath just as the rays of the morning sun shine through the forest canopy on them – cherish these moments in Nature! Happy Holidays from the Backyard! Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.


Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Backyard Bird Nest Boxes - Cleaning and Preparing for Nesting Season 2022



Nest boxes make a great Christmas gift for the bird and Nature lover on your list. Cleaning out the old nest boxes is always an adventure. Old nest boxes and new nest boxes and cameras are now ready for another exciting nesting season in 2022 - owls - woodpeckers - flycatchers - should be exciting! Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

The Catbird's Bath #Shorts



Gray Catbird's bath. Crank up the volume and enjoy a refreshing smile to brighten the day! 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you. #MyBackyardBirding #catbird #birdbath


Friday, December 17, 2021

Bobcats Feral Cats and Catbirds at the Birdbath



A simple basin is a magnet for bathing birds and thirsty wildlife. Note the size difference between the big bobcats in the early clips to the feral domestic cat at the end. These big cats have an infinite number of small rats, voles and mice and even the occasional rabbit as prey for food and they seldom bother the birds. Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.


Thursday, December 16, 2021

Wilson's Snipe Mini Documentary



The mythical Snipe of the childhood "snipe hunt" challenge is actually a real bird. This fascinating bird is a winter visitor to Florida and makes a haunting winnowing sound with its tail feathers while flying in a downward swooping motion to defend territory and attract a mate on summer breeding grounds far to the north. Snipe winnowing sounds courtesy of National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photos... Thumbnail image of snipe cropped from image by Bettina Arrigoni and used via license at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Guard Donkeys Braying and Hee Haw Alarm Sounds



While taking pictures of birds on fences and a pasture in the Florida prairie I am unexpectedly set upon by a charging cattle guard donkey - don't know what would have happened without that fence between us, but I'm thankful. I now know guard donkeys are a thing and quite effective at protecting their territory and cattle. Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.



Saturday, December 11, 2021

Squirrels Versus Rabbits- Who Wins? Mini Documentary



Rabbits Rule! Squirrels and rabbits get along pretty well in the Backyard, but in every new generation of squirrels one decides to get in a rabbit's face and the results may surprise you. Now that I have both Cottontail and Marsh Rabbits regularly visiting the Florida Backyard I continue to see squirrels occasionally pushing their buttons and going a bit too far with horseplay. Rabbits have amazing powers that not everyone or every squirrel is familiar with. Here is a video of a rabbit in North Carolina standing up to a 400 pound female elk - https://youtu.be/x-O7bXYrJ3E Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.


Saturday, December 4, 2021

I Was Harassed by a Murder Of Crows - Amazing Crow Sounds



Try at maximum volume for full effect , but not with headphones - could damage your ears. Now I know what its like to be on the receiving end of intimidation by a murder of American crows. When they all join in the volume of the crows alarm or harassment calls is unbearable so you can imagine how effective they are on repelling raptors and other threats! The backstory - I headed out on the Florida Prairie before dawn and decided to check out this remote Oak Hammock which is like a small island of dense forest within a grass prairie or wetland and I apparently surprised families of crows roosting in the Oak trees and they harassed me mercilessly then I got the idea to play back their own voices....They didn't like that! Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.

Squirrel Courtship and Mating



Backyard Gray Squirrels engage in the timeless art of seduction. What happens in the oak tree stays in the oak tree except, of course, for the video. To compare to young squirrels just playing and wrestling, which is quite common and entertaining, check out: https://youtu.be/4sPBF6kXI8Y and https://youtu.be/8fb-luvtzMU Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission Earned 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.