[TN-Bird] Feeder standoff with the squirrel

The squirrels finally got my bird feeder where they wanted it - on the 
ground. I wasn't around to hear the crash but I saw the aftermath. The feeder 
lying on its side, the former contents littering terra firma.  At first our 3 
guineafowls were partaking of the free feast.

But from an upstairs window I viewed a funny and surprising incident 
involving a squirrel. The squirrel was feeding there a while later and a 
rooster and a hen were creeping up cautiously. I guess the rooster got a 
little too close and that squirrel just leapt right at his face! The rooster 
pecked at it and the squirrel ran up the tree a little ways. The rooster and 
hen vacillated a bit then moseyed on deciding to post-pone sampling my wares.

The squirrel came down and started eating again and successively chased away 
a Brown-headed Cowbird and a Mourning Dove who got too close.

A truck and dogs running behind it alarmed the critter and he high-tailed it 
for a higher altitude.

Oh for a camera when you need it, eh? lol

Barry Jernigan
Murfreesboro, TN
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