I put this cup filled with various nuts way up high so that the ground squirrels and chipmunks couldn't get it. A tree squirrel could, but the one around here is more interested in the stashed mushrooms he found under the cabin.
It took these Clark's Nutcrackers a dozen or more tries of flying to the cup and falling off before figuring out how to land on the wire and balance while getting the nuts. Once they figured it out, they could fly with perfect precision from any point and were masters in no time. When they spilled some of the seeds and nuts, they would compete with the little critters in retrieval efforts and then fly straight up like a helicopter to land back on the wire!
It took these Clark's Nutcrackers a dozen or more tries of flying to the cup and falling off before figuring out how to land on the wire and balance while getting the nuts. Once they figured it out, they could fly with perfect precision from any point and were masters in no time. When they spilled some of the seeds and nuts, they would compete with the little critters in retrieval efforts and then fly straight up like a helicopter to land back on the wire!
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