Yesterday afternoon we had a little show in the backyard. Brute saw a squirrel on the ground, so (of course) he wanted outside to chase it. The squirrel ran up a tree, but apparently chose the wrong tree as there was a adult bluebird in it. The squirrel was caught between Brute at the bottom of the tree and the bluebird on the top of the tree. Each time the squirrel tried to go higher in the tree, the bluebird would swoop down and attack it. It was really funny and Todd and I laughed watching it for about five minutes. Finally the squirrel made it high enough in the tree to jump to another tree and get away. He had to run down the trunk of that tree to get to another clump of trees in the backyard and Brute totally missed him.
This morning we got up and were sitting outside having coffee and noticed a bird nest in the tree the squirrel was in. Todd saw there was a baby bluebird in it, so I ran in to get my camera. More to see it better from the ground, but then I decided to snap a few pictures. I actually took quite a few, but that was because I was playing with the different settings on the camera.
Anyway, here are a few pictures:
The adult male was around, and actually fed the baby before I ran in to get my camera. I was hoping he would come back while I was watching, but he didn't. It was fun watching it for a little while.
