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November 25, 2005

Time to feed the birdies!

I love nature. This time of year, I start putting out sunflower seeds for the birds. I have 5 seed feeders and one suet feeder (I need to get a block to put in that one).

All the feeders are situated in the front of the house - just outside my office window. So when I am actually home, I can look out and watch the birds and see if anyone new is coming to the Donovan Cafe for Birds.

I'm happy to report that I just saw a House Finch - not terribly common in our part of the country. He is a pretty thing - deep red breast and back - here is the USGS picture of one.

I would love to figure out how to take pictures of our feathered visitors, but the window has kitty nose prints all over it - they also enjoy watching the birds eat, for some unknown reason...

Posted by Beth at November 25, 2005 12:20 PM

Comments

Posted by: mjc at November 25, 2005 4:33 PM

that would be really cool - only I don't know the first thing about webcams and how they work!

Posted by: beth at November 25, 2005 5:39 PM

Ivy says she uses one of these:
http://www.dealtime.com/xPC-Logitech_QuickCam_Pro_4000

Mike (birdvista) has details about a much fancier, outdoor mounted, system.

A lot depends on details: how close is your computer is to the window, budget, etc.

Just how many shopping days are there 'til Christmas, anyway?

8)


Good luck.


Posted by: mjc at November 26, 2005 12:32 PM