Cardinal at feeder on 7 19 21 at 08 25
Channel: Richard Walker
Date: 2021-07-19

I wanted to observe and record bird behavior.  So, I placed a bird feeder in a large shrub, just outside my office window.    I moved the feeder close to the window so the birds would be closer, i.e. bigger on the video or photo.


The birds enjoy the relative safety of having a food source in a protected environment, but there are photographic problems with the placement of the feeder and the webcam that I bought to record the birds.


The first problem is insufficient light on the birds.  The feeder is on the north side of the house and a white fence lies only eight feet away, reflecting bright light on the opposite side of the birds.  The light reflected from the fence closes the camera's automatic aperture, making the image dark.


The second problem is that the birds favor the more easily accessed opposite side of the feeder.  They don't utilize the window side of the feeder, thus defeating the new position of the feeder.


I want to find a way to hang the feeder well into the shrub and get a better web came.  More later.