Camera Critters from my Birdcam

I am linking up with Camera Critters

A few night time shots of the Raccoon visiting my feeder, a mourning dove, and a cute chipmunk.

A few different shots of the Redbellied Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow, Bluejay, Squirrel from my Wingscape Birdcam.

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I thought this shot of the male Cardinal was neat.

The look on this squirrel's face is just priceless.

Somehow the date on my birdcam is way off and I have to figure out how to change to the correct date.So please ignore the date of 05/01/12 we are not even there yet.


I hope you enjoyed my critter post and to see more cute and adorable critters
 please visit  Camera Critters.    Thanks to Misty Dawn for hosting Camera Critters. I hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend.

Birds & Cats

I am linking up with Camera Critters

I know there are a lot of bloggers friends that love cats and I hope my post does not make my readers upset with me.  Recently, I read an article about birds killed by turbines in one of our environmental magazines. I honestly think that the wind turbines are horrible for birds, especially sitting in the path of migrating birds. What really surprised me was they listed domestic cats and pesticides kill tens of MILLIONS of birds annually.

 Above is a sweet Hermit Thrush!!

 I would think logically the wind farms can be put in areas away from migrating birds. I read that engineers are looking into various ideas to protect the birds and actually try to keep birds away from the turbines. Suggestions were solid towers rather than lattice style which the birds like to perch on, radar that would slow the turbines down when it detected approaching migrating birds, flashing strobe lights at the top and even changing the color of the tower.

EDIT: As I was playing on the computer this morning and listening to the news I heard the Electric Co or State of Maryland wants to add a monthly fee onto our bills to help pay for a wind farm they want to put out in the ocean. I believe this would be near Ocean City, Md.  Now, this wind farm would be on the Atlantic Flyway for migrating birds and they want me to help pay for it. Are they are out their minds?????

 This is one of the wild cats I have seen recently in my yard. I must find a way to keep these cats out of my yard. Should I call the animal shelter? These cats are wild, they have had no shots from a vet and raise babies in an old car that one of my neighbors keeps in their yard. If anyone has any ideas, I am open to suggestions.

Above my Wingscape Birdcam has captured some cute squirrel shots.

 My Goldie Girl looks a little upset I will not play ball with her. Goldie Girl recently had her long hair cut      and now looks more like a lab than a Golden Retriever. But, she is still my cutie.

 I do have to admit I am a dog lover and a responsible dog owner. We keep our dog in a fenced-in yard and on a leash while out walking. Now, it would be nice if cat owners were responsible too and either keep their cats inside the house or watch them when they are outside or do they have leashes for cats?  I was horrified when I heard how many birds are killed annually by cats. When I see the  feral cats in my neighborhood, that keep coming into my yard all I can think of is trying to protect my birds and the cute chipmunks that must go into hiding to be safe from the cat. If engineers are willing to work on the problems of the birds & turbines I would think pet owners could find a way to protect the birds from their cats. As far as pesticides go, we are not able to use pesticides around our well water so pesticides are a NO-NO for us.. Also, aren't there a lot of safe organic products that can be used on lawns and plants?

Another shot of my sweet Hermit Thrush


Sorry my critter post included a rant. I just care about the birds and wildlife. To see more cute and wonderful critters please visit Misty Dawn's Camera Critters..  Thanks to Misty for hosting and thanks for stopping by my post. I hope everyone has a HAPPY weekend and Happy Birding to my birder friends.

Birdcam shots

Happy weekend! I am linking up with Camera Critters.

I thought I would do a post on my Wingscape Birdcam since a few people were interested and asking about my birdcam. I bought my Wingscape birdcam from Amazon. But I have seen them for sale in various stores that sell wild bird food. The camera uses D size batteries, has a flash and I have an extra Sandisk memory card from my Canon Powershot.

You can also call it a squirrel cam, I have lots of cam shots of the squirrels.

This squirrel is practicing yoga stretches while reaching for some sunflower seeds.

The flash went off during this early morning photo, catching the Pine Warbler and a female cardinal.

Beside the squirrels, I actually do get some bird photos. Here are a couple of Tufted Titmouse and a Goldfinch.

This shot caught the Carolina chickadee close to the camera and the downy woodpecker and my son fooling around with his pickup truck.

It fun to see some of the expressions, like on this cardinal. I do not think it likes sharing with the WT Sparrow.

Some birds look like they are happy to pose for the camera and look right into the camera.

Some birds grab their nut or seeds and look the other way, maybe they do not want their photo taken with their mouths full of food.

 I like this shot of the Titmouse looking at the camera and the Cardinal looking at the Titmouse.

  Right now I have my birdcam held up with the bungee cord on my deck railing and a pergola beam. I set it on auto and adjust how many photos I want it to take at one time.


I hope you enjoyed my birdcam photos and critters. Thanks to Misty Dawn of Camera Critters for hosting this fun meme. Thanks for stopping by to visit my post. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Some of my favorite Birdcam shots

For my Camera Critters I am showing some of my favorite Smugmug photos. This is Camera Critters third anniversary. Congrats to Misty Dawn for keeping this fun meme going and I hope we can enjoy many more years of seeing cute critters. I love all kinds of animals so I really enjoy seeing everyone's critters photos. Please keep all those cute critter pic's coming fellow bloggers.

The Cardinals are the most common yardbird I am seeing on the birdcam and in my yard. I have looked out and seen at least 7  males at one time and maybe just as many females.  I have seen some pretty funny expressions on the Cardinals. I have the birdcam facing some of my feeders and sometimes I move the camera around to face different feeders.

I really do wish I could somehow stop feeding every squirrel in the neighborhood. They have taken over every feeder, the poor birdies do not get a chance. I can have over 700 hundred photos in one day on my birdcam and maybe just maybe 50 of the 700 pic's are birds. The rest are squirrel photos. I think I should start calling it the squirrel cam instead of birdcam.

Speaking of  feeders, has the price of birdfood gone up where you live? It seems my last visit to Tractor Supply store for Black Oiled Sunflower Seeds the price went up. My previous visit it was 15.99 and then it went up to 20.99 for a 40lb bag. I really hate to spend money to feed all these squirrels. It just seems like everything is going up.....especially gasoline. I shop around for cheap birdseed and it seems like Tractor Supply is the cheapest and I like a pet store called Bowman's they have a great variety in birdfood and pet supplies.

Please visit Camera Critters to see more cute critter posts and thanks to Misty Dawn for hosting. Thanks for visiting my blog, have a great weekend.