WINGSCAPES

Just Off Main Street

There’s a famous old saying that states “You do your best business on Main Street.” While generally good advice, when it comes to photographing birds you can often get some great images just off “Main Street” as well.

Take this image uploaded to the Wingscapes BirdCam Photo Gallery by Harold of Jackson, Tennessee of a Northern Cardinal sitting on the top of a feeder hook for example. Rather than aim his BirdCam directly at the feeder, Harold knew that birds often wait on a nearby perch to survey the area for possible danger before feeding and positioned the BirdCam accordingly.

Florida Scrub-jay Added to the BirdCam Life List

Of the many species of jay found in North America, the one that most attracts the attention of bird watchers and ornithologists alike is the Florida Scrub-jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens. Found only among the oak scrublands of Florida, Florida Scrub-jays are known for their intelligence and their habit of remaining together in multi-generational family groups.

Naturally, when Carol from Rockledge, Florida, uploaded to the BirdCam Photo Gallery the first reported Wingscapes BirdCam image of one of these remarkable birds, making it the most recent addition to the Wingscapes BirdCam Life List, we were very pleased indeed. Thanks Carol!

What It's All About

It’s hard to imagine a better illustration of the Wingscapes motto “See what you’ve been missing” than this image of a Northern Cardinal attending a well-hidden nest full of young birds.

Mark from Harrisonville, Missouri was both fortunate and attentive enough to notice the location of this Northern Cardinal nest, and strategically positioned his Wingscapes BirdCam to record the normally hidden nesting life of these very popular backyard birds. Fortunately for us, Mark was kind enough to upload not only this image but others he recorded as well to the Wingscapes BirdCam Photo Gallery.

Many thanks indeed, Mark!

Timelapse Video of Kitchen Extension

Thanks to Kerry Buckley for sending us this awesome timelapse video of a kitchen extension. The video was taken with the original BirdCam on TIMELAPSE mode set to take a photo every 5 minutes. The construction lasted from June to October, but has been neatly packaged in a 2 1/2 minute video.

Kitchen Extension Time-Lapse from Kerry Buckley on Vimeo.

And for you timelapse fans, don't forget about the new Timelapse PlantCam from Wingscapes! It will be added to the website and on sale soon!

"Stock the Buffet" for Great Photos

One of the most effective techniques used by professional bird and wildlife photographers to ensure as many opportunities for capturing as many images as possible is to set out a “little treat” to entice the intended subjects to visit the place in which it would be best to photograph them.

Wingscapes BirdCam user Harold from Jackson, Tennessee wonderfully demonstrates this technique in a collection of Red-bellied Woodpecker images he recently uploaded to the BirdCam Photo Gallery. As can be seen, the hole in the tree has been packed with suet – ensuring that suet-loving birds will be attracted to the spot.