Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Intruder Alert

We have a birdcam set up to monitor our birdbath, which is on a pedestal except in winter, when it's on a railing of our deck. We see a lot of the usual suspects -- cardinals, nuthatches, goldfinches, robins -- as well as the occasional catbird or carolina wren. It's a treat when we catch a warbler, such as this yellow-throated warbler:

and even a robin can be exciting when we've got an action shot:
 
Here in the ever-more-crowded suburbs, there is often a non-avian intruder, fearless and nonchalant:

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