Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Blog Videos After posting the video of the Raccoon taken with the bird cam a few folks have asked me about the setup and how the camera works. Below is a picture of the setup. The bird cam is mounted on that wooden pole in the left side of the picture. The camera is not motion activated. … I mentioned a few days ago how I had purchased this new “bird cam.” It’s a super tiny camera that can be used in bird houses, or in my case, aimed at the bird feeder. I should also mention that this camera records in infrared as well. So guess what happened when I was recording… I bet I’ve got something y’all haven’t seen before! Let me back up and explain. Over the last two weeks, I’ve probably bought 100 bags of mulch, 50 bags of topsoil, and 50 bags of potting soil. Needless to say, my back is getting a workout and I’m not getting any younger. Today, I purchased…  This post should illustrate that you just never know what you might find if you look close enough. So I’m out in the backyard today, taking some pictures of Butterflies, when I notice this Honeybee that looks like its head is stuck in between the leaves of this plant. My first thought (seriously) was how… Here’s another brief video of the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds. However, I must confess. This video is shot from an interesting perspective. I mentioned to Leecy that I need to try different angles when I am taking pictures. Leecy took that comment and thought I was suggesting that she should shoot the video from a different… I thought I might try something different (Leecy gave me the idea). I recorded a short video (just a hair over 1 minute) of the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds in our backyard. For the majority of the video, you see them sipping sugar water from 2 of the feeders. At the end of the video, you’ll… As promised. Here is a quick “walk-around” tour of my backyard. I haven’t even seen it myself Let me know what you think, good or bad. Okay, I just watched the video so let me verbally walk you through it. The start of the video is looking out the backdoor. Straight in front to the… Just a super quick video of a Dragonfly landing on Leecy’s hand. It’s windy outside. Here’s something you won’t see on many Butterfly sites. It’s a Polydamas Swallowtail video showing the caterpillar moving to the Chrysalis stage. I’ve watched about 5 of these occur over the last two days and it’s absolutely fascinating (at least to me)! The entire process takes about 10 minutes and these critters appear to use… |
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