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Feature Friday – Black Capped Chickadee

May 14, 2021 Elizabeth

We live on the edge of a decent sized woodlot with lots of woodpeckers and nuthatches and titmice and of course, the tiny chickadee. They are very fun birds to watch and learn from. They are year round residents and come to our feeders basically everyday. Chickadees are a … [Read more...]

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Wings Up!

May 11, 2021 Elizabeth

Sometimes the Bird Photo Booth takes pretty derpy pictures of the birds with their wings all aflutter. I just love them, so here' s a collection of my most recent favorites! … [Read more...]

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Tilda Barking Audio Capture

March 21, 2021 Elizabeth

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Coonhounds can bark 100 times a minute. That's a fun fact I heard John Hurley share on a dog show once and that I feel in my bones. In this otherwise calming bird video, Tilda barks 23 times in 30 seconds by my count. She's definitely off pace here, and this is NOT her most … [Read more...]

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30 seconds of Chickadee!

March 20, 2021 Elizabeth

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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...]

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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...]

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