I think I have a sick female Cardinal visiting. She would let me get within inches or her. I thought about catching her and taking her to a wildlife rehab, but since it was late in the evening, I just left her alone. She was eating and drinking, but that seemed to exhaust her. She…
Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography
Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Blog VideosThere is a Bluejay who I see daily bathing in the disappearing bird stream. Today my Wingscapes Bird Cam captured several video snapshots of the bird bathing in the stream. I strung a few of them together using iMovie. So I spend all this money on 8 different cameras, and what camera gives me the best videos of the birds in the bird stream? The Wingscapes Birdcam. Oh well. The Doves must really like it. You’ll see 3 Doves all together drinking and then splashing water on one another. If you watch the video… I sent my camera and lens to Canon for repair so for the first time in years I don’t have a camera. I do have an old Sony Camcorder, so I’m using what I have, and what I captured is rather neat. I mentioned a few days ago that we have our first Eastern Bluebird… As promised I took a few videos this morning that show my Purple Martin colony as well as their attempts to figure out what to do with this new gourd housing unit I bought them. After the Martins did a little bonding a few decided to explore the new gourd housing. They appeared to enjoy… I’m not sure where I said I was on my disappearing bird stream stage 4, but here is stage 5. The stream is done. I go back and forth about mortaring the rocks around the stream. I need to touch up the area behind the stream, but it’s not visible when I’m taking pictures, so… Late this afternoon I decided to test out my new hidden birdcam on my disappearing bird stream. Shortly after I started recording, a Mourning Dove leisurely strolled back and forth in front of the birdcam and bird stream. Hopefully some folks will find this post useful in their Butterfly Gardening. Below is a video that I recorded today of Leecy gluing some Monarch Chrysalises to a piece of cardboard. We tend to do this during Winter months when we still have Caterpillars and Chrysalises and want to protect them from inclement weather (rainy,…  Wouldn’t you know it? We get a nice cold front blowing through yesterday, and today (while I’m at work) Leecy witnesses one of the largest group of Migrating Monarchs we have seen in our backyard. Leecy took both the picture and video with her camera, so I’ll let her do the narration. Hi! Well, yes…  I woke up a little early this morning so I could water the Bamboo. It was also the same time that the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds decided it was time to feed. This is the second male I have seen. He’s obviously competing with the Honeybees I also took a brief video, and I got really…  I bought Leecy a new camera for her trip to the Galapagos next year. It’s a Canon PowerShot D10. It’s “supposed” to be able to take pictures and videos underwater, so we decided to see if it really works. First a few distance shots. Here’s Sascha the German Shepherd trying out her new Ruffwear Doggie…  Update: As of Saturday at 9:00 am, Lil Buddy is not in his nest. Hopefully the process that I did below helped him to fledge. I guess today is day 2 of my attempt to rescue/rehab this baby Purple Martin. I’m calling him “Lil Buddy.” I’ll share with you the full story and intersperse it… We had a terrible day in our Purple Martin Colony today. I’ll describe what happened, and if anyone has any ideas as to the cause, please leave a comment or send me an email. In our Colony, we had one nest with 4 babies, and one nest with a near fledgling (with the bird we… I was going to post some new videos of Melvin today, but now I have a more pressing concern. Mama bird did not return to the nest tonight (it’s 9:43 pm and totally dark outside). What should I do? It’s only supposed to get down to 79 degrees tonight, so I’m guessing it will be…  Today is Melvin’s 6th day. His (I say he, but it could be a she) eyes are just beginning to open. As I’ve mentioned in the my last few posts about Melvin, his father is taking a very active role in his feeding. Here’s Papa Cardinal bringing in some food for Melvin. It looks like… |
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