The other day I filled up the peanut pole and watched as one blue bandit after another swooped in to load up their beaks.
These Jays made quick work of emptying what I had just filled!
I’m pretty sure that by the time the last peanut poacher departed, there was nothing left but peanut dust.
Now, I could complain that peanuts ain’t cheap, and these birds are eating me out of house and home – but the way I figure it, I am simply paying for the pleasure of watching their entertaining antics, which is better than Netflix any day!
Backyard Bird Nerd 
Yep, definitely better than anything that could be dished up on TV!
Blue Bandits get there early & often in my backyard. They alert all the their confreres far & wide when they spy me coming down the back steps with peanuts. They swoop in & snatch them from before the eyes of the scurrying squirrels. The crow family (3 big babies still being fed), brown thrasher & cardinals are slower on the giddyup & get them quick. But its a good show for me & Charlie Cat in his window seat.
Oh, I so agree…best entertainment ever! Hugs
A good investment, those peanuts.
They are such pigs. I’ve noticed that peanuts are a favorite of almost all my backyard birds. I put out oilers and a handful of peanuts on top and the peanuts are gone almost instantly.