It didn’t last, but old man winter let out his last breath with big beautiful flakes and a dusting this morning. Almost a bluebird feeder roof slide! Male is first 4 shots, then female:
These shots were all taken from the new main feedmecam. It’s a Canon VB-C60 and I’m pretty happy with with the close-ups, though I’m still getting it dialed-in. It’s challanging to get it to perform OK in most situations: still shots, video, user-controlled presets, etc.
Pretty decent nature shots for a webcam on a cloudy day at dusk in my opinion. I took all of these shots from the homepage by clicking the new “Reload New Live Still Image Now” link, then right-click, and “Save As…”. Unlike the other cam which uploaded a new image every ~10-seconds, this cam gives you a brand new image every time you click that link, so you can capture large (640×480px) shots a bit easier. Controlling the cam in another window helps!
It’s not looking like a nest yet, but I’m going to call it. The female is bringing in the material so it appears we have a successful launch. I should have the full color cam running soon, but for now, the nightvision cam is running 24-7 (sometimes it crashes) so you can watch her spin her nest.
Here’s the lovely couple in the house together (Monday morning, 3/30):
Bluebird House Cam