We'll kick things off with a first reveal of my backyard bird feeding project. I built this whole array by hand including the feeders. The tube feeders are made from a roll of Rat Wire capped with a soda or tin can on each end. You pass an aluminum wire through the whole assembly and curl one end. Gravity holds it all together. The roofed tray-feeder on top is made from cedar with some bamboo shoots for perching. It's a really simple design I built based on a hopper feeder design from the net.
The cedar tray feeder with simple roof.
One of our first customers!From here let's check out some of the cool place I've birded lately!
Beach City Wilderness Area
Clear Fork Reservoir
Clear Fork Reservoir
Wright Marsh at Killbuck
And now, on to this morning's search! I spent a wonderful dawn at Wright Marsh in The Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area. Lots of birds in the area: Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Great Blue Heron, Wood Duck, lots of common birds. Today I also redeemed Saturday morning and got a great look at a Solitary Sandpiper.Solitary Sandpiper, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The chase continues!
Photo Credits:
Solitary Sandpiper - Len Blumin
Hi Nathan,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if the pics of the birds on your blog are taken by you? Or do you just get them off of the internet? Thanks.
Cole DiFabio
I get almost all of the photos for my blog from wikipedia commons. They are released for public domain use.
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Have a great one!
On this particular blog entry however, I took all the photos except for the sandpiper :)
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