The breakfast show

Great news! The breakfast show is back on. At least one Stellar’s jay (perhaps the home invader) has clocked the peanut feeder. I wake up in the morning to insistent “Ack, ack, acks” – a demand for fresh peanuts. It’s not the first thing I do, because the feeder is visible from the diningroom window and, in return for providing peanuts, I want a show.

A new character has recently been added.

Yes, Mr Squirrel has figured out there are peanuts up for grabs. 

Initially he waited until Mr Jay was pretty much done, but he’s grown bolder. This morning he went for an early turn. Mr Jay, arriving back at the clothesline was not impressed by the competition, but despite his loud protest, Mr Squirrel stared him down and made sure he had a peanut before he scarpered. God, I wish I’d had my camera at the table, but I didn’t. Went to fetch it and waited, but of course this episode was not repeated, so I had to settle for these individual pics.

Anyway, fair enough. I purchased the feeder and fill it with nuts specifically for the blue jay breakfast show, but, as the bag makes clear, they are not the only ones who will be interested.

And not, as the bag suggests, just Eastern varieties. Haven’t seen a chipmunk yet. Perhaps there will soon be another character added to the cast.

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PS No response so far to my plea for some dental understanding. Either it is being completely ignored or it is making its way up the food chain to someone who might actually take pity on me. Fortunately, the pain has dissipated, but it’s not as if whatever the problem was has disappeared.