Around here in Michigan we think of the American Robin as a spring/summer bird and the Dark Eyed Junco as one of our winter birds. So, it struck me as interesting today when I saw juncos and robins both out in the grass finding insects and seed bits. I took all these shots with … [Read more...]
Pileated Woodpecker – First Pics!
I've seen the pileated woodpecker around a number of times in the last few years. They aren't an everyday visitor, but we hear them and see them occasionally. I've never been able to photograph them and bad news, I didn't capture them with the Bird Photo Booth today. These are … [Read more...]
Most exciting 30 seconds of Feeder Action!
The way that the Bird Photo Booth 2.0 works on video mode is that when it detects motion, it records 30 seconds of content. Then, if motion is detected, another 30 seconds. So on and so forth. Very frequently, I end up with 2 seconds of chickadee, titmouse or nuthatch quickly … [Read more...]
Bird Photo Booth – Day 5 Update
Well, today was a bit of a bust photo booth wise. I tried something new for the 5th day straight. I was still shooting through the top lens and I had it on motion activated photo setting with 10 photos per second burst. But, today, I hung it from our main pole feeder. I just … [Read more...]
Bird Photo Booth Day Three – Destroying
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...]
Bird Photo Booth Day Two – Improving
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...]
