![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/robin.jpeg\")
<\/a>Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)<\/h3>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blue-jay-1-1024x630.jpeg\")
<\/a>A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) on the edge of a bird bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPrior to seeing the following image, I had not seen a Blue Jay bathe in a bird bath despite having multiple bird baths for years.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blue-jay-1024x730.jpeg\")
<\/a>A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) wet after taking a bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNorthern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)<\/h3>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cardinal-1024x664.jpeg\")
<\/a>A Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Cardinals-1024x728.jpeg\")
<\/a>A pair of Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) at the bird bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAmerican goldfinch (Spinus tristis)<\/h3>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/American-Goldfinch-1024x597.jpeg\")
<\/a>An American goldfinch (Spinus tristis).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAmerican Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)<\/h3>\n
After I saw the following picture, I knew why I occasionally found partially consumed animal carcasses in the bird bath. Crows were using it to clean their food.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/crow-1024x753.jpeg\")
<\/a>An American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) cleaning its food in a bird bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Crows-1-1024x846.jpeg\")
<\/a>A muster of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) with three on the bird bath and two in the trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)<\/h3>\n
A Hairy Woodpecker would frequently visit nearby trees but never visited the bird bath.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/woodpecker-1024x964.jpeg\")
<\/a>A Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) on a nearby tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)<\/h3>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gray-squirrel-1024x544.jpeg\")
<\/a>An Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) visiting the bird bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOne apparently tired Gray Squirrel rested on the bird bath.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/squirrel-1024x509.jpeg\")
<\/a>An Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) lounging on the bird bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAmerican Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)<\/h3>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/red-squirrel-1-1024x723.jpeg\")
<\/a>An American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/red-squirrel-1024x684.jpeg\")
<\/a>An American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) drinking from the bird bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMouse<\/h3>\n
The bird bath even had visitors at night. The camera recorded several images of mice visiting the bird bath at night.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mouse-1024x509.jpeg\")
<\/a>A mouse drinking from the bird bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nRaccoon (Procyon lotor)<\/h3>\n
A pair of raccoons were recorded walking past the bird bath but they apparently had no interest in it.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/raccoon-1024x752.jpeg\")
<\/a>A Raccoon (Procyon lotor) walking past the bird bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the drought this year, to assist the various animals that make our yard their home, I placed a bird bath at the bottom of our hill, in the wooded part of the yard. To learn what animals were using the bird bath, I placed a trail cam on a nearby tree to record the … Continue reading “Visitors at the Bird Bath”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[51,22,43,27,49,15,20,52,50,30],"class_list":["post-803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-wildlife","tag-american-crow","tag-american-goldfinch","tag-american-red-squirrel","tag-american-robin","tag-blue-jay","tag-eastern-gray-squirrel","tag-game-camera","tag-hairy-woodpecker","tag-northern-cardinal","tag-raccoon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>Prior to seeing the following image, I had not seen a Blue Jay bathe in a bird bath despite having multiple bird baths for years.<\/p>\n After I saw the following picture, I knew why I occasionally found partially consumed animal carcasses in the bird bath. Crows were using it to clean their food.<\/p>\n A Hairy Woodpecker would frequently visit nearby trees but never visited the bird bath.<\/p>\n One apparently tired Gray Squirrel rested on the bird bath.<\/p>\n The bird bath even had visitors at night. The camera recorded several images of mice visiting the bird bath at night.<\/p>\n A pair of raccoons were recorded walking past the bird bath but they apparently had no interest in it.<\/p>\n During the drought this year, to assist the various animals that make our yard their home, I placed a bird bath at the bottom of our hill, in the wooded part of the yard. To learn what animals were using the bird bath, I placed a trail cam on a nearby tree to record the … Continue reading “Visitors at the Bird Bath”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[51,22,43,27,49,15,20,52,50,30],"class_list":["post-803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-wildlife","tag-american-crow","tag-american-goldfinch","tag-american-red-squirrel","tag-american-robin","tag-blue-jay","tag-eastern-gray-squirrel","tag-game-camera","tag-hairy-woodpecker","tag-northern-cardinal","tag-raccoon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcgerik.com\/homestead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/a>American goldfinch (Spinus tristis)<\/h3>\n
<\/a>American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/a>Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/a>American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/a>Mouse<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Raccoon (Procyon lotor)<\/h3>\n
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