I have spent at least 8 hours over the past week at the feeder waiting for good shots.
Yesterday I managed to get his photo within the first 10-15 minutes of trying. This Jay (and a few others) visit me multiple times a day for peanuts. I was in the process of getting the camera set up when my they arrived so the stars aligned.
This was the first time I have seen a Jay land on the skateboard, I feared they were too big! What a rush!
Thanks!
I drilled a hole through the skateboard and used a bolt to secure it to the ramp. If you zoom in you can see the head of the bolt.
I designed and 3D printed this quarter pipe for my bird feeder.
If you'd like to print this yourself: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6622164
Bird: Blue Jay
Location: Upstate New York
Time: May 2024
Don't worry, Mr Cardinal got a turn too
I designed and printed the quarter pipe. I can make the file available on Thingiverse if there is any interest in it. As photographed, it requires a tech deck and 4x M4x25 bolts with nuts. Fairly simple to assemble!
This is the feeder I have: https://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Station-Hanging-Squirrel-Attracting/dp/B09KGY9Q79/
Edit: fixed wording
Not too bad. I spent probably 6 hours watching the feeder. I ended up with three good photos. I got this one within the first 15 minutes:
I made a quarter pipe for my bird feeder.
Link to STL file if you'd like to 3D print your own: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6622164
Bird: Northern Cardinal Location: New York Time: May 2024
It was blinking
I currently have the top post on !birding@lemmy.world
I got into birding late last year after I decided to start feeding the crows in my neighborhood. It started with feeding them peanuts. Then it turned into taking pictures of them when then visited. Soon enough, I was naming them and really studying their behavior. I wanted to see more birds, so I bought a bird feeder.
I started applying my other hobbies to bird watching and that is where things really took off. (Pun intended).
I designed and 3d printed a quarter pipe that fits on my bird feeder. I bolted a tech deck to the top and I have taken a lot of photos of birds that look like they are about to drop in on the quarter pipe.
As if that wasn't enough, I draw the photos that I take and turn them into embroidered iron-on patches to leave on the pin board at my local coffee shop for strangers to take.
Birding forces me to slow down and pay attention. I find it relaxing and it is the polar opposite of my normal day to day. It also gives me a way share my excitment with others. If anything I have done results in someone deciding to feed a crow some peanuts, then its all worth it.