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Blue Jay avoids Feeder Cam

April 18, 2021 Elizabeth

Blue Jay grabbing a seed

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...]

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10 Days of Bird Photo Booth Trials

March 28, 2021 Elizabeth

Timeline of our 10 days of experimenting with the Bird Photo Booth 2.0. All these pictures are without any filters and just the unprocessed originals from that day's photo shoot. Day 1 - 3/16/2021 Motion Detection Photo Exposure +3Top Macro Lens Had angle bracket … [Read more...]

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Bird Photo Booth – Day 5 Update

March 20, 2021 Elizabeth

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...]

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