RedpollsHolly shows persistence, which some think is a good trait, but we’re on the fence on that one when it comes to messing with the camera that she discombobulated yesterday afternoon. Heidi got it going this morning but ice made it less than perfect. The IR light makes for better viewing during the day as well as at night. Good going, team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8G4FXiKgpo
At midday, Holly clouded up the lens https://www.facebook.com/ toni.embree.50/videos/ o.139730642706794/1183256521706976 /?type=2&theater
But now, at 6:30 PM, it’s a clear picture again.
At one time today when Lucky and Holly were sleeping very still, Holly was breathing a little over twice a minute is all.
This half minute video from June 21, 2009 shows 4-month old Jewel or Jordan making a herculean effort to get into a birch stump. The cub must have smelled insects in it—probably ants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ePhn0U4Ybc
When a flock of common redpolls (Acanthis flammea) takes over the sunflower seeds, they have strength in numbers. They are peaceable among themselves but aggressive toward chickadees (Poecile attricapillus). Chickadees have to wait their turns. A lone redpoll is also aggressive toward chickadees; but with just one redpoll, a chickadee will be more persistent. On the other hand, a hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus), many times the size of a redpoll, can calmly peck on the suet near the suet while the redpolls stay back 10-12 inches.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center