Red squirrel feeding on suet and Scrub Jay (Western) does not like it! Jay relentlessly dive bombs and buzzes the squirrel and gets a few good swipes in at him. There are some surprise visitors at the end of the video--who eat the crumbs of suet that fall to the ground as the squirrel eats above.
I couldn't get over how long the Jay pestered him--he must have been really upset! Sometimes the squirrels eat a whole suetcake in a day--so I put tons of cayenne pepper in it--and that slows them down a little.
Birdsie39 1 year ago