{"id":1125,"date":"2020-08-14T14:55:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2020-08-14T14:55:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:55:28","slug":"observing-backyard-antics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2020\/08\/14\/observing-backyard-antics\/","title":{"rendered":"Observing Backyard Antics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As businesses and stores start to reopen during stage three in many of our towns and cities, things have slowed down for me.\u00a0 I will be off for the next few months recovering from knee replacement surgery.\u00a0 This has afforded me time to truly enjoy the antics going on in the backyard.\u00a0 There sure is a lot going on if you have the time to sit back and watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My day starts with having a coffee on the back deck with my husband.\u00a0 My other new companion is TC, a chipmunk that has decided to join me everyday since I had my surgery\u2026 hence the name Therapy Chippie, TC for short.\u00a0 He hops onto my knee every morning.\u00a0 Smart little guy as he now gets a daily supply of peanuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_3747.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1129\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Jane Paradis &#8211; TC <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next act appearing in the ground feeder are the red squirrels.&nbsp; You don\u2019t want to mess with these guys.&nbsp; They constantly chatter and fight with each other to see who reigns dominant for the morning feed.&nbsp; I have observed some intense takedowns with these two and have compared them to wrestlers in the WWE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_3796.jpg?w=463\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1130\" width=\"492\" height=\"655\" \/><figcaption>Red Squirrel at my Ground Feeder &#8211; Jane Paradis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The black squirrels are slightly calmer, but have been known to chase each other through the yard if they\u2019re not in the mood to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_3789-1.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1132\" \/><figcaption>Black Squirrel &#8211; Jane Paradis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While this is going on the birds are busy too.\u00a0 Orioles are competing for the grape jelly, sometimes knocking each other off of the feeder, while chasing the wasps away.\u00a0 The young Blue Jays are trying to figure out how to get peanuts from the peanut feeder.\u00a0 This is always entertaining as they tend to drop more than they would like and then spend time on the ground looking for elusive peanuts.\u00a0 Cardinals and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks feed peacefully together at the safflower feeder.\u00a0 The young grosbeaks have such a soothing call compared to most of the other fledgelings. Goldfinches share their feeder nicely without commotion.\u00a0 Red-winged Blackbirds are still busy feeding their young competing for space on my Squirrel Buster Plus feeder.\u00a0 As all of this activity is going on the dominant Red-Bellied Woodpecker arrives and clears all of the Blue Jays from the peanut feeder.\u00a0 They rule that feeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-6 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-6 column2-desktop-grid__start-7 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-4 column2-tablet-grid__start-5 column2-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1 column2-mobile-grid__span-4 column2-mobile-grid__row-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_3643.jpg?w=569\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1133\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\" \/><figcaption>Orioles at my feeder &#8211; Jane Paradis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_3770.jpg?w=311\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135\" width=\"453\" height=\"571\" \/><figcaption>Blue Jays &#8211; Jane Paradis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While enjoying all of the morning antics over the last two weeks, there is the constant call of the young Red-Tailed Hawk screaming for food.\u00a0 He spends the majority of his day on the hydro poles in the field behind our house and calls from morning until evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-1856104_1280.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1138\" \/><figcaption>Photo by John Neil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you are all enjoying the sights and sounds of nature!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Birding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jane Paradis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As businesses and stores start to reopen during stage three in many of our towns and cities, things have slowed down for me.\u00a0 I will be off for the next few months recovering from knee replacement surgery.\u00a0 This has afforded me time to truly enjoy the antics going on in the backyard.\u00a0 There sure is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-1125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-janes-deck-of-birds","tag-urbannaturestore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}