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Backyard Critters – Early April 2026 Camera Feeder Edition

I got a new camera bird feeder and fired it up. Seems to be working great so far. The squirrels have not chewed through any wires mainly because there are no external wires to chew through.

Male Cardinal

Female Cardinal

House finch

Another house finch

I’m still using hot sauce laced bird food and the squirrels hate it but still they hop on just to check it out. I put a half handful of peanuts in the cup this one is checking out. The cardinals love the peanuts and the squirrels do as well.

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Saturday’s Critters – Real and Sculptural

Here’s a real critter, out sweet Lizzie.

And another real critter. This is Sadie, our rescue terrier. She is very energetic and wants all the love. She is very sweet.

And sculptural. Somebody made an Adventure Lab geocache using some of the animal sculptures on Tulsa’s RiverParks trails. This is what I call the Bear Fountain. It’s a nice place to rest on a bike ride.

And a bobcat trying get duck or something. Very lifelike.

And some otters frolicking.

I completed the Adventure Lab. Completing it is its own reward!!

And here is a 20 second video showing some of the birds that visited my camera feeder this week.

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Saturday’s Critters – Flag Day Critters

A collage of some of the birds visiting our camera feeder.

Clockwise from top left:

A house sparrow feeding a chick right on the feeder.

What google lens tells me is a northern mockingbird.

A brown thrasher.

A house finch

A great tailed grackle

A northern cardinal.

Literally 90% or more of the birds at the feeder are mourning doves. Sorry I didn’t include a photo of one of them.

I’m using habanero flavored bird food supplemented with dried meal worms. Squirrels do hate the habanero flavor but strangely enough there is the odd squirrel that just gobbles it up.

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Saturday’s Critters – Around the House

Sadie's first spa day

Sadie the rescue dog got her first spa day. I dropped her off for a trim and a bath. She seemed pretty happy when I picked her up.

Sweet Lizzy the cat is the queen of the house.

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A bunny by day, from the backyard trailcam

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And a bunny at night.

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Some sort of bird, a grackle I’m guessing coming in for a landing on one of our feeders.

And a 53 second video on the birds that visited our camera feeder the past week or so. We have had tons of mourning doves, a few grackles, the occasional cardinal, some brown thrashers. Surprisingly, even though I am using the habanero laced feed there a few squirrels who eat hearty.

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