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Bird Photo Booth Day Three – Destroying

March 18, 2021 Elizabeth

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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...]

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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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Reflections on 1 Year of Quarantine

March 13, 2021 Elizabeth

On March 13th 2020, I was sent home from my workplace with my computer and all of my gear for an indefinite period of work from home. I'd already been working from home once a week for several years so the concept wasn't totally foreign to me. But, this was my first foray into … [Read more...]

Blogging, Cat, Dogs Basset Hound, Coonhound, Covid, Duke, Pandemic, Quarantine, Tilda

Great Backyard Bird Count

February 14, 2021 Elizabeth

Here's our entry list from the Great Backyard Bird Count today. We only watched for about 30 minutes in the afternoon. Would have been better in the morning. … [Read more...]

BirdWatching BirdWatching, ebird, gbbc, Woodpecker

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