RelaxingWildlife

We get some really fun and unique color variations here at Relaxing Wildlife of the Eastern Gray Squirrel in our woods. Red Tail is a fan favorite and we got him up front and center! Relaxing Wildlife is a labor of love by a mother and son. Our feeders were set up to feed and to be able to photograph our amazing variety of wildlife here. My son suggested streaming it so the rest of the world could see and enjoy and voila, here we are! Mom maintains the feeders and son helps maintain the technology side. Your support means so much to us, and with every subscriber, we feel our animals are loved as much as we love them. #birdfeeder #squirrel #birdcam #livestream

Getting some alone time with Rusty is rare, so when we do we try to take advantage of it. Rusty looks like a mutated color of an Eastern Gray squirrel. He is definitely unique and stands out in our woods whenever we see him. Whatever he is, Rusty is definitely one of our favorites. Relaxing Wildlife is a labor of love by a mother and son. Our feeders were set up to feed and to be able to photograph our amazing variety of wildlife here. My son suggested streaming it so the rest of the world could see and enjoy and voila, here we are! Mom maintains the feeders and son helps maintain the technology side. Your support means so much to us, and with every subscriber, we feel our animals are loved as much as we love them. #birdfeeder #wildlife #birdcam #relaxingwildlife

On a rainy day at the feeder, the squirrels showed up with soaking wet fur.

More nocturnal wildlife visits. A group of deer walk by the feeders but a young doe doesn't want to leave.

Purple finches, the birds dubbed "sparrows dipped in raspberry juice", aren't really purple, but more of a rose color. They look similar to House Finches, but Purple finches have much more extensive red extending on the crown, nape, back, chest, cheeks, and flanks. Of course, the females are not vibrant like the males and have similar colors as the female House finch.

We put a trail cam out to see what we could record during a day at the pond.

Live Wildlife Cam featuring Northern Indiana (near South Bend) birds and animals. We have LOTS of Blue Jays. Many of the other birds you may see will be Northern Cardinals, Chickadees, Cowbirds, Juncos, Grackles, Starlings, Titmice, Sparrows, Nuthatches, Woodpeckers and did I say Blue Jays??! We also happen to live in a very populated squirrel area. We have Gray, Black, Red and Fox Squirrels along with many chipmunks. Some of them can be aggressive so once in a while fights have to be broken up. :) Random visitors may be Red-shouldered Hawks, foxes, rabbits, opossums and our resident raccoons that stop by every night and sometimes many times later. Our favorite bird seed is Lyric's Delite No Waste Mix and we mix that in with a Black Oil Sunflower seed. We are continually adding to our feeders so it should attract more birds and wildlife. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy our Indiana wildlife! You can join our discord here: https://discord.gg/FuAC3Kz7ep

The squirrels act like their crazy selves during Snow Day Part II

Winter birds in white snow. What could be prettier?

We put a trail cam out at the pond on a snowy day to see what would show up.

Raccoons and a possum share a meal together at our feeders.

We put a trail cam out an our pond and watched a day in the life of a Canada goose couple with many more geese and ducks in the background.

A raccoon scampered away from the feeders as deer approached, but decided to come back and join in.

A nice variety of squirrels and birds visit our feeders after a fresh snow in Winter in Northern Indiana.

The Southern Flying Squirrel is nocturnal so it only visits our feeder at night. They are a small squirrel typically 7-10" in length. It has thick, silky grayish-brown fur above and white fur below. It has very large eyes and a long, flat tail and it has a loose fold of skin between its front and rear feet. When it stretches out its legs, this skin forms a kind of parachute that lets the squirrel glide from branch to branch. As the southern flying squirrel approach its landing site, it pulls up, slowing its descent! When it is gliding, it uses its tail as a rudder to change direction. They mate in early Spring and again in Late Summer and they do not hibernate in the Winter. We have noticed two different Flying Squirrels coming to our feeders around 9ish at night and then many times thereafter.

High speed timelapse of the snowstorm we just had. 2/17/22

The birds were going crazy. Turns out they had a reason to be.

A diverse amount of squirrels come to the feeders for a morning meal.

Dark-eyed Juncos are a migrating bird and visit our feeders in the Winter. Male and female are shown on the feeder.

Timelapse of our wildlife and bird feeder on February 2nd, 2022

A timelapse of our wildlife and bird feeder on February 4th, 2022

A rare red-tailed black squirrel spends some time front and center on the feeder.

Timelapse of the wildlife feeder on February 2nd, 2022

An overnight time-lapse of a snow storm with a few visitors

We get a visit by a red-colored gray squirrel, our first one! We named him Rusty and he is feisty!!