So I have explained the critter situation to some degree, but I neglected to explain the connectivity of it all.
There is scrub jay pair who dominate the backyard. Other visitors, including a flicker, submit to the will of the jay. When I first moved here, there were several flickers. They dissipated after I screened off an attic vent they had breached to pull out fiberglass insulation to build their nests.
To bring back the flickers, I buy prepackaged blocks of seed and other goop stuck together that I hang from a tree branch. (It is marketed as woodpecker food, anyway.)
The squirrel, who gets harassed by the jays, has decided it is easier to hang upside down and pick away at the flicker food block than getting a meal from a squirrel box that I put up specifically for him. He eats there occasionally, but it doesn't seem to be a big enough challenge.
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| A morning snack. |
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| The food block is hanging below the squirrel's left. |
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| You talkin' to me? (I'll bet he doesn't act like that when the jay is around.) |
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