We have a potpourri of urban wildlife today, starting with reader Anne-Marie Cournoyer’s photos of a red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) feeding its young in a Montreal backyard:
Sated!
A chipmunk flight and then a red squirrel fight, all from reader Diana MacPherson:
Just when I told you that I had no good baby red squirrel pictures, two red squirrel siblings [Tamiasicurus hudsonicus] showed up at the bird feeder tonight. There were a couple of Eastern chipmunks too [Tamias striatus] but the chipmunks were startled by me sitting on my deck (including one that thought I didn’t notice him sneaking around me on the deck. The first picture happened after the chipmunk was startled by the sound of a screechy bird overhead. There is then a red squirrel sibling fight sequence & then one of the siblings gets scared and leaves but the other stays the whole time with me fairly close. A chipmunk returns at one point & stays near the red squirrel.
The fight pics look like a Kaiju battle scene from a classic Godzilla movie.
Feeding the baby redwing: Looks like she’s going to suck momma down with the meal!
Squirrels: MMA!
The second pic of the wrestling squirrels is especially great!
I like the one when you mostly see a little red hand grasping in the air.
BIFF! POW! WHAM! UMPH!
The squirrel brawl sequence is hilarious! 🙂
I was making sound effects like %&%*#%($)#!!!
But I wonder if this is really just playing.
I think they are getting old enough that they are territorial. One suddenly jumped on the other. This is the age I see chipmunks & squirrels become less brotherly.
Ahhh, reminds me of fights with my older brother as a kid. He always won… 🙂
It always amazes me how different adult birds look compared to their chicks.
Great photos!
The thing I like about the birds posted is quite a few of them I am seeing for the first time… thanks and then there’s
LET’S RUMBLE! Ok that was fun, let’s eat!