Squirrel takes over blog…bluebirds banished
Squirrel: Hello loyal blog viewer. I am your humble host today…Dave and Mrs. Dave’s squirrel. We are not talking about bluebirds today. There has been way too much focus on those guys lately. They’ve been dive bombing me like crazy, and…hey, can I get a close up on me for this monologue?
Computer: I can zoom in on you, but you’ll be out of focus…here you go.
Squirrel: No, no, no!!! I look terrible like that! Zoom me back out!
Computer: Not so fast, rodent. This might be fun. I always wanted to do this. Let me try something here…
Squirrel: AAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Computer: Ha ha!!! Who’s hosting now, squirrel?!!!
Squirrel: You can’t do this! Wait ’til I tell Dave!
Carolina Wren: Um, excuse me, Mr. Computer, sir. If I may, the rodent is correct. There has been an undue amount of attention on the bluebirds lately. Quite unfair to the rest of us birds, in my opinion.
Mr. Computer: I like this “Mister Computer” thing we have going on. But what about the killdeer blog Dave did? That was about other birds. And there was even a robin in it.
Carolina Wren: Those don’t count. We’re talking the backyard birds here. You know, the red seed plate crew. Let’s get another opinion. What do you think, goldfinches?
Male Goldfinch: Don’t bring us into this. We’re hiding back here in the trees.
Female Goldfinch: Yeah, we sure don’t want to get drawn on. Plus, we eat at the thistle sock, so we’re officially neutral.
Mister Computer Sir: Whatever happened to those killdeer and robin eggs anyway?
Catbird: They all hatched. The killdeer family has completely vanished. No sight of ‘em anywhere. Robin nestlings are up in the tree in the front yard still. Two of them, I think. Last I saw, one egg didn’t open.
Most Excellent Supreme Computer Potentate: This typing thing is fun! Hey, what does this do? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ooo…I like that! You can make lots of these real easy! Look! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wheee!!!!
Squirrel: Oh brother. I give up. At least there’s still some food left. That’s all for today, folks.
Computer: Thanks for playing, squirrel. We do have a nice parting gift for you though…
Enjoy the dialogue? Link back to some of my other talking bird posts: bluebird photo session, family bluebird photo session, baby bluebirds talking, and Carolina wren mystery eggs. You can also link back to my home page for my most current blog. Thanks for visiting! Dave
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What a cute cute story, Dave. We have those pesky Squirrels also.. They didn’t come on the deck until the babies were born. Now there are baby Squirrels all over the place!!!!!
Your title scared me. I thought something had happened to the Bluebirds… Glad they are okay–even though you posted about OTHER birds. How dare you, Dave????? ha ha ha
Love your fun and creative posts.
Betsy
I enjoy your talkative critters. I hope they can get along most of the time, but please tell the Squirrel that the birds rule.
Blessings,Ruth
Dave,
Glad to see you are keeping the critters entertained down there in NC!!
Giving everyone equal time in the lens!! Good to hear your killdeer did well and all the blues are up and flying!! I’ve had quite a time with house sparrows trying to take over all of my nest boxes..grrrr today they managed to scare away Mrs. Carolina Wren..
Send me another wren please.. I have had cw nesting in my back yard for the last 4 yrs..can’t have it end now!!
Dave, you are so funny and you always put a smile on my face with your crazy commentary – I never tire of bluebirds…so tell that squirrel of yours to ‘take a hike’ ;-) Great shot of the wren, by the way!
Oh I just love the red seed plate crew!!! But you can tell the squirrel that I’d just as soon he goes to someone else’s yard. Not a bit fond of them.
Yesterday I saw a bright red bird in my back yard.
I think it may have been a Red Tanager but I could not see any black on it’s wings. Do Tanagers look different in the summer?
Robin, there is indeed a specific bird called a Summer Tanager that is entirely red. This link will give you a drawing and some pictures if you scroll down. Lucky you…they are gorgeous!
Thank-you for the information. Yes indeed it was a Summer Tanager and I hope it will feel at home here until it’s time to leave and go south.
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Hi Dave,
Haven’t commented in a while but I do read all your post! Even the bluebird ones! LOL
This was a really good and fun post!
Craig Glenn