So we have been putting up a bird seed feeder and hummingbird feeder at the campsite. We had been doing it for several days and just leaving it up over night. A couple of nights ago there was quite a ruckus outside and the two dogs started barking and carrying on. It was a little annoying because it was only 3:15 AM.
We looked out side and shined a flashlight around and there were 5 Javalina that wanted the bird seed. They knocked the pole over and dumped the seed out. They then began arguing amongst themselves as to whom should get what. I went outside with a flashlight and retrieved the bird feeders and stuck them in the back of the pickup. It seems that the Javalina cannot jump into the truck or at least have not learned how to yet.
They didn't back away very much and I certainly didn't want any confrontation. Amazingly the feeders were intact with no damage.
That settled things down for the night and since then we take the feeders down at sunset and put them back out in the morning. We have not had any further problems.
The above image was taken during the daylight as I did not want to stand around in the pitch black with several upset Javalina and ask them to pose for their picture.
There is much to learn about feeding birds in Arizona. Sometimes you feed different critters than you wanted to at different times then you intended to.
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