Gotcha with trail camera

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  1. marlingardener

    marlingardener Happy

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    My husband was experimenting with his trail camera--different settings, locations, etc. He set up the camera near the platform feeder:
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    and got rather a good photo of red wing blackbirds feeding en masse.
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  3. Henry Johnson

    Henry Johnson In Flower

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    Jane, tell DH, 'REALLY GOOD PIC!!!!'
    Hank
     
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    mart Strong Ash

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    Have you noticed fewer birds than last year ?
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Tell you hubby to keep experimenting Jane. :smt045 Great shot.
     
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    Gail-Steman Young Pine

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    Jane totally brilliant of your hubby and what a smashing capture :like:
     
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    Mart, we have seen fewer ducks and other water fowl, more red wings, and a lot more white winged doves this year. We also have fewer white crowned sparrows, and are picking up a few goldfinches, yellow-rumped warblers, and we have the resident chickadees. We do the Cornell U. backyard bird feeder watch, and have records for several years. It seems the species and numbers are different this year. The count goes on to April, so we will see what develops. It just may be the migratory patterns are being disrupted by the strange weather on the birds' usual paths.
    Hank, I will gladly pass on your remarks. That will please my resident photographer very much!
    Eileen and Gail, he is an engineer--he lives to experiment and explore. He has taught me so much about being open to new ideas and trying different things. (But I still am mystified by the workings of a ball point pen--guess I'm just permanently stuck in the 19th century!)
     
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    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    Those cams are fun, aren't they?
     
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    Gail-Steman Young Pine

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    Jane your not on your own with a lot of things I don't like change...I can't even remember how to work a normal camera :(
     

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