Nature Cam Log
May 18, 2012
There are now four eggs.
Based on an incubation of 12-14 days they are expected to begin hatching on May 24.
The nest is located under our front deck but the pair seem to be quite tolerant of our activities.
No Hummingbird yet but a male Baltimore Oriole paid a visit to our feeder and took a few bites from an orange.
The photo below was taken this morning.
May 14, 2012
There are now three eggs and more time is spent tending them.
May 13, 2012
Still only one egg and the pair are still adding material to the nest.
They visit the nest frequently but not spending much time sitting on the egg.
May 12, 2012
The Robins had been occasionally placing bits of dead grass on the ledge for the last week or so
In the last day and a half they finished the nest and have one egg laid so far.
May 06, 2012
We have for now moved the camera to a location where Robins have started building a nest.
May 05, 2012
Black sunflower seed feeder was only attracting large birds so we have put these feeders away until fall.
We will continue to offer Nyger seed for small songbirds and will be putting out the Hummingbird feeders very shortly.
May 04, 2012
New addition is a Great Horned plastic Owl as an experiment to see if it keeps the larger birds away.
The smaller birds seem to be much more tolerant of human activity and we are hoping they get use to the plastic intrusion.
The head moves if something large passes by .
Hoping this does not chase them all away!
May 01, 2012
The feeding frenzy has died off and the larger birds are starting to take over the feeder........We are still seeing the same range of smaller birds but not as many as before.
New additions are Fox Sparrows, White-Throated Sparrow, Purple Finch.
April 19, 2012
Camera is set up to broadcast 24/7 but is frequently offline due to an unreliable internet connection!
Traffic slowed down a bit but we are still seeing Juncos, Redpolls, Evening Grosbeaks, Red-winged Black Birds, Grackles, Crows and Pine Grosbeaks,
At other feeders are Hairy Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers and Blue Jay.
Robins are actively feeding and Eastern Pheobes are heard, but not seen.
April 10, 2012
Right now bird traffic at our feeders is very heavy, likely due to incoming migrants and the recent heavy snowfall.
