Mother Robin Weaning Fledgling - Tough Love

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American Robin Weaning Fledgling  - Tough Love. The fledgling Robin is now as big as its mother who has introduced it to the joys of suet. But now the fledgling is still following mom around and eating suet like a champ. The expression in the eyes of the mother Robin says it all - its time to be on your own. This video captures the moments when the Mother Robin chases off the fledgling and lets it know its on its own. The suet feeder is not big enough for both of us!

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Catbird Produces, Directs, Writes, and Stars in His Own Movie!

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Catbird stars in his own movie!

Catbird - the Movie. Catbirds have never been known to be shrinking violets. This Catbird raises the bar by producing, directing, writing and starring in its own movie! But its not just any movie, Catbird came up with the novel idea of a bird movie....within a bird movie. Sort of an art house concept. Brilliant! Big stars can be hard to work with - in this case Catbird had a tendency to wipe it's greasy beak on the camera equipment between takes.

Truth be told I had a camera trap set up for woodpeckers feeding on a suet holder but this Catbird had taken to calling the suet his own and vigorously defending it for several days. You will note he quickly chases away a Yellow-Rumped Warbler who also had a taste for suet and would have to sneak in a bite whenever the Catbird wasn't looking.

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Clever Acrobatic Raccoon Steals Entire Bird Feeder!

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 Clever Raccoon Steals Entire Bird Feeder!

 Now how do you open this thing!

This night-vision camera remix shows a clever Raccoon stealing a woodpecker suet feeder by holding on until it - and he - falls to the ground. That's a drop of about 7 feet. He then carries it off into the forest to figure out how to open it. Not high on style marks, but it works. I managed to recover the empty feeder down by the stream.

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Funny Raccoon Raids Bird Feeder - Fail!

Raccoon Tries to Get Bird Suet Feeder in a Unique Way!

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Raccoon raiding suet bird feeder

Caught this funny episode of a raccoon trying to get at a suet feeder the other night. Previous suet feeders had disappeared entirely and I suspected the wily Raccoons so I set up my night-vision game camera to catch the perpetrator(s). What ensues is a rather large raccoon trying to get the feeder off of a tiny springy branch I knew wouldn't support its weight. Not to be deterred the erstwhile bandit tries to stretch with only the very tiptoes of one hind foot to support and stabilizing him. The raccoon fails badly and is left hanging onto the suet basket with all four feet about 8 feet off the ground. As it still tries to get the suet feeder off the branch despite dire circumstances it falls to the ground with a thud. Now I don't know if raccoons land on their feet like cats do, but I somehow doubt it. In which case this raccoon had a hard landing and likely limped off to heal his bruises in the den as it left the suet behind!