Apparently my Backyard Bag “Pillow-Feeder”-esque Feeder Project is becoming so popular with the squirrels in the area, that they’re beginning to quabble over it… I caught at least 4 pairs of squirrels doing a dominance challenge, complete with (very good) natural sounds of them whining at each other! Very interesting stuff in my opinion!

It’s mine!!
Video follows below…

I took everything in last night because it was supposed to snow today… the sun streaming in through the window seemingly mocks me…

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 Squirrels with Something to Say! [1:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Look at how cold he looks… Not the most exciting squirrel, not the most extreme video — but still cool for those of us who are somewhat squirrel-centric~

Squirrel reflecting… with it’s reflection… video follows below…

No music this time though - I couldn’t think of an appropriate theme for the soundtrack, and when I do, all I can think of is either a commercial piece or a music library piece that I can’t use… so if you need a soundtrack, check for a song called “Destination Pulsation” from an album called “Rhythmworx” - that’s the closest piece that I could find to fit the video, but I can’t use the song, because I don’t have a license… Abi, could you think of a song that’s usable that would fit this?

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 2 Minutes of Squirrel Reflection, 12-2-06 [2:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

It’s been yet another few rainy (or at least impending-rain-ish) days, and now everything’s normalized weather-wise. Out goes everything back up at my Pillow-Feeder-esque version of the Backyard Bag Feeder Project to do some more vertical project tests… but I made the challenge a little easier this time. A little while back, I remember Chris saying something to the tune of “I could have made it harder, but I have it set up so that there’s something to watch when people check in.” Well, I figured the same thing would be better, so I lowered the entire feeder to only 1″ off of the ground. I’ve been getting tired of waiting an entire day for one squirrel to check it out and go “err… nah!”, so I figured I’d give this a go - the squirrels still have the climbing challenge, and that’s one of the main things I wanted to get shots of, so I just set it all up and let the day take form.

I thought I told you to turn that camera off!!

Well, I only got one squirrel today also, but this one squirrel was determined to get the nuts out of the Feeder - all kinds of interesting squirrel activity followed! Running back and forth, jumping on the top and hanging from there, climbing on it sideways, sometimes doing all of those in 2 seconds - a lot better than anything I’ve captured in the last week or so (except for Monday and a few shots on Tuesday), and with this new shot, not only does it cut back on glare, but you can see the squirrels come down the tree before going to the feeder - a nice little addition to the ambiance of the shot.

I also tried a little mini-test where I put a nut on the mic and held it on with rubber bands to see if anyone would be interested in that nut - no one really did any work to get the nut off there, but I did see the one squirrel sniffing at it once or twice. Maybe they’ll notice that more tomorrow?

Time will tell…

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 Backyard Bag Feeder Project 12-2-06 [6:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup