Bird Watching: Another Bluebird thread, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
Every day it is the same routine: When I first come out to feed them in the morning they are all hungry to the point of near panic. A feeding freenzy ensues for about five minutes. During this time everybody crowds in and it doesn't matter if I am three feet from them. I am sure they would eat out of my hand if I held still. Then, when they have eaten a little, they leave, one by one. About 15 minutes later they start coming back, two or three at a time and then they once again observe their pecking order: First Papa, then Mama, then the five from the first clutch and last of all, the three survivors from the last nesting last year. And I must have one outsider because it seems everybody seems to chase this one male.

In this shot you can see him brace as another bird approaches from the right.