January 2, 2019

A Wren, a Trail Cam, and More.


I heard a bird singing today and looked out. It was a Carolina wren. 

Here we see it perched near a trail cam that I'm trying out.

The first wildlife that showed up for the trail camera was a woodpecker who wanted to check it out!


I guess he decided it was okay because he calmed down and went over to the suet feeder. I cropped this from a trail cam photo.

If you've never had one, it's easy to use. It takes a picture when it senses motion. Many of the pictures are just of blowing branches so I don't even download those.

I'm not terribly impressed with the picture quality.  Perhaps I can change the settings.

The red-bellied woodpecker was not the only bird who took a look at the camera.




Meanwhile, I still have a trail cam trained on the lake. It caught a great blue heron taking off, looking a bit awkward.


P.S. Cathy has posted a New Year's Resolution to photograph "the fun, the interesting, or weird things digitally." Good idea!

10 comments:

  1. Linda,

    Your bird photographs are so amazing. The blue heron is especially cool! That's really neat that you have a trail cam ready to capture lake shots. Have an incredible 2019, dear friend and God bless! xx

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  2. I would love a trail camera but not sure it is as important as some other things on the wish list! My husband wants a camera for the car so that will certainly come first. Take care Diane

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  3. ...now that the way to record bird sightings.

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  4. A chickadee, I presume, in mid flight looking at it? Terrific capture!

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  5. Wrens are so musical and I love the bird in flight! Great pics! Happy new year!

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  6. Fabulous series of photographs.
    My good wishes for 2019.

    All the best Jan

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  7. Oh, I love your trail cam photos...

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  8. How neat to catch these images! I like the one of the bird flying right towards the camera.

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  9. I like the shots of the birds taking a look at the camera. Neat!

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