This winter I joined a bunch of different backyard birdwatching groups on Facebook and I've seen people all throughout the South talking about sick Pine Siskins on their feeders. There were huge salmonella outbreaks and folks had to take their feeders in for 2 weeks or longer to … [Read more...]
Squirrel Proofing Platform Feeder Cam
This is Steve's first attempt at putting a baffle on the TPost where we connected the bird photo booth after his first adjustment. We need to have it close enough to the platform feeder so we can get good close up shots. Yet, we have to make sure that squirrels cannot get up … [Read more...]
Blue Jay avoids Feeder Cam
I have blue jays here all the time. We don't have quite as many this year as we have in previous years. We used to have as many as 3 pairs hanging around. We probably only have one pair and couple that are single and ready to mingle that stop by once in a while this year. One of … [Read more...]
New Bird Photo Booth setup
The tripod that I got with the bird photo booth is good quality, better than I initially thought, however, it's challenging to squirrel proof it AND it's somewhat limiting in terms of using the feeder on the angle bracket. Our birds have a big platform and some birds just didn't … [Read more...]
Pileated Woodpecker Returns
Exciting birdwatching day from the house. The pileated woodpecker came back! I was able to finally get some decent pics of him? I am so excited about getting the photographs I now need to learn more about the differences between male/female! Here's my best pics from his visit. … [Read more...]