{"id":270067,"date":"2025-01-02T18:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T02:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/?p=270067"},"modified":"2025-01-08T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:19:07","slug":"bird-buddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/?p=270067","title":{"rendered":"Bird Buddy."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:0,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;435&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;245&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fixed_aspect&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:false,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;start_complete&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:1,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:false,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:false,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;squirrel-picnic.mp4&quot;,&quot;skip_buttons&quot;:[],&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/squirrel-picnic.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/squirrel-picnic.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/squirrel-picnic.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"squirrel-picnic.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Video\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-01-02T18:18:55-08:00\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/squirrel-picnic.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"245\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/squirrel-picnic.mp4?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"Full\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>During the pandemic, I got the squirrels in my parents&#8217; backyard a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/964410648\/squirrel-picnic-table-squirrel-feeder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">little picnic table<\/a> and set up a video camera so we could watch them eat the unsalted nuts we&#8217;d leave out for them. Aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81115994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tiger King<\/em><\/a>, it was my quarantainment \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/birdbuddy-backyard.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_1_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"video_kgvid_1_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_1\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_1&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:0,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;435&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;435&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fixed_aspect&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:false,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;start_complete&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:1,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:false,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:false,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;bird-buddy1.mp4&quot;,&quot;skip_buttons&quot;:[],&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/bird-buddy1.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/bird-buddy1.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/bird-buddy1.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"bird-buddy1.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Video\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-01-02T18:18:55-08:00\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_1\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/bird-buddy1.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"435\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/bird-buddy1.mp4?id=1\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"Full\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>I got my dad a <a href=\"https:\/\/mybirdbuddy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birdbuddy<\/a> (a smart bird feeder with a camera and solar roof) and a bag of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0055INY1Y\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bird seed<\/a> for Christmas, and we set it up yesterday. We got our first visitor today \ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thelabellefoundation\/p\/DEDKBMPxhQO\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/thelabellefoundation_benito.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My sister&#8217;s husband heard me losing my shit over the bird videos, and he was like, &#8216;Please get a dog already!&#8217; I applied to adopt this pup last week at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thelabellefoundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Labelle Foundation<\/a> (a rescue in LA). His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thelabellefoundation\/p\/DEDKBMPxhQO\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> has over 5,000 likes, so I was probably one of hundreds of applicants. I haven&#8217;t heard anything back \ud83d\ude14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the pandemic, I got the squirrels in my parents&#8217; backyard a little picnic table and set up a video camera so we could watch them eat the unsalted nuts we&#8217;d leave out for them. 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