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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...]

Bird Photo Booth, BirdWatching Bird Feeding, Bird Photos, BirdWatching, chickadee, Video

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

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

Saving a White Breasted Nuthatch

February 13, 2021 Elizabeth

white breasted nuthatch

Steve saved a white breasted nuthatch today while I was gone to church (and videotaped the rescue for my enjoyment!). It flew into the patio door and laid outside in the snow in the hound area. Not a good place for a tiny bird in shock. Happy to share that the bird flew away … [Read more...]

BirdWatching, Winter Bird Feeders, BirdWatching, Nuthatch

Evening Grosbeaks – New to Life List

November 8, 2020 Elizabeth

A brand new bird for Steve & I! We've been seeing evening grosbeaks for a few days now. Here's a few pictures of the evening grosbeaks. Not the greatest pics. Here's an article about the irruption we experienced this fall: … [Read more...]

BirdWatching, Fall BirdWatching, evening grosbeak

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