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Archives for March 2021

30 seconds of Chickadee!

March 20, 2021 Elizabeth

Chickadee digital artwork

We've been enjoying the video feature on the Bird Photo Booth. It actually works better than expected. From the reviews, I expected to only do continuous video until it either ran out of video or battery. This would leave you with a lot of footage to go through and edit and … [Read more...]

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White Breasted Nuthatch – Feeder Video

March 19, 2021 Elizabeth

White Breasted Nuthatch

We are working with the video mode on the Bird Photo Booth now and will post a few of these individual species videos. Here's the White Breasted Nuthatch visiting the feeder station for a peanut, taking one to go and then returning. 20 Seconds of Nuthatch awesomeness … [Read more...]

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Bird Photo Booth Day Three – Destroying

March 18, 2021 Elizabeth

squirrel

Okay, so destroying might be a bit dramatic! BUT - there was some tipping over. On Day 2 when I went out after work to pull the card, there was still some daylight left, so I swapped SD cards and left the feeder out. That's when we had our first climber! So, Day 3, I was … [Read more...]

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Bird Photo Booth Day Two – Improving

March 17, 2021 Elizabeth

Well, last night we were looking at our pictures and I was looking at other's pictures on the Facebook user group. My feeder bowl seemed much lower than theirs. That's when I realized that I could turn the angle bracket the other direction to bring the feeder bowl into better … [Read more...]

Bird Photo Booth, BirdWatching Bird Feeders, Bird Photos, BirdWatching, Blackbirds, chickadee, Nuthatch, Peanuts, Starling, titmouse, Woodpecker

Bird Photo Booth Day One – Learning

March 16, 2021 Elizabeth

Tufted Titmouse

Steve found an article online with close detailed photos of feeder birds and the lady in the article was asked how she got those photos, and she shared her setup called a Bird Photo Booth 2.0. It is commercially available everywhere. It has poor reviews and so I was hesitant. But … [Read more...]

Bird Photo Booth, BirdWatching Bird Feeding, Bird Photos, BirdWatching, chickadee, Nuthatch, Peanuts, titmouse, Woodpecker

Squirrel eating buds from maple tree

March 14, 2021 Elizabeth

Today, Steve spotted a squirrel up in the maple tree today. It was pretty windy and he was swaying around but it took me a bit to get the camera ready. We were curious what he was doing. He's eating the brand new buds from the maple tree. Pretty interesting. Check it out! … [Read more...]

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