Comments on: evening visitor http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Karen http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-206907 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:33:58 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-206907 REALITY TV COMES TO THE BACKYARD! My husband just set up our own birdhouse camera in the backyard. He put it the wooden bird house on a metal pole close to a big ornamental cherry tree by our sundeck. The little wrens checked it out a few days later and have now started building their nest. They are using our pampas grass tassels as building material. Now whenever I look out the window and see them, I turn on the TV and can watch the activity inside the birdhouse too. I can't wait to see baby birds! I think this would be very educational for families with young children. The Hawk Eye . . . it turns your birdhouse and backyard into an entertainment center. The Hawk Eye night vision, color camera with sound comes already mounted inside the wooden birdhouse. (suitable for most small birds; blue birds, chickadees, wrens etc.) Just plug it into your TV and enjoy viewing wildlife from your favorite easy chair. Watch your backyard birds: building their nest laying eggs eggs hatching hungry babies being fed The bird house is hinged on the side for easy clean out for the next family. Instructions are provided. You can also buy the camera separately and use it outside around hummingbird feeders, birdbaths, etc. Check out this video of baby birds taken with the new Hawk Eye Cam: http://www.youtube.com/catmickey24 REALITY TV COMES TO THE BACKYARD!

My husband just set up our own birdhouse camera in the backyard. He put it the wooden bird house on a metal pole close to a big ornamental cherry tree by our sundeck.

The little wrens checked it out a few days later and have now started building their nest. They are using our pampas grass tassels as building material. Now whenever I look out the window and see them, I turn on the TV and can watch the activity inside the birdhouse too.

I can’t wait to see baby birds! I think this would be very educational for families with young children.

The Hawk Eye . . . it turns your birdhouse and backyard into an entertainment center.

The Hawk Eye night vision, color camera with sound comes already mounted inside the wooden birdhouse. (suitable for most small birds; blue birds, chickadees, wrens etc.) Just plug it into your TV and enjoy viewing wildlife from your favorite easy chair.

Watch your backyard birds:

building their nest
laying eggs
eggs hatching
hungry babies being fed
The bird house is hinged on the side for easy clean out for the next family. Instructions are provided. You can also buy the camera separately and use it outside around hummingbird feeders, birdbaths, etc.

Check out this video of baby birds taken with the new Hawk Eye Cam:

http://www.youtube.com/catmickey24

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-205779 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:25:56 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-205779 John, Robin and Cathy - Thanks for everyone's birthday wishes. Don appreciated them very much! We celebrated with chocolate cake. We're not usually much for desserts around here, so it made for a special occasion. And Cathy - People in this area have been mentioning that the raccoons and skunks seem to be searching for food even during daylight hours, so the general consensus is that they are probably hungrier than usual due to the delayed snow melt. John, Robin and Cathy - Thanks for everyone’s birthday wishes. Don appreciated them very much! We celebrated with chocolate cake. We’re not usually much for desserts around here, so it made for a special occasion.
And Cathy - People in this area have been mentioning that the raccoons and skunks seem to be searching for food even during daylight hours, so the general consensus is that they are probably hungrier than usual due to the delayed snow melt.

]]> by: Cathy Wilson http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-205523 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:01:17 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-205523 OH! A belated Happy Birthday to Don! I do love that picture of him. I'm so ready to bask in the sunshine. I know the critters are out and about. What do they live on this time of year? Sure seems like slim pickings out there. OH! A belated Happy Birthday to Don! I do love that picture of him. I’m so ready to bask in the sunshine.

I know the critters are out and about. What do they live on this time of year? Sure seems like slim pickings out there.

]]> by: robin andrea http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-205304 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:48:54 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-205304 Happy birthday, Don! That is a great photograph, on a river in Oregon. Looks bright and sunny on a beautiful fall day. We haven't seen the raccoons lately, but we have seen their tracks in the mud in different places in the yard. They mostly prowl around long after we've gone to bed. Fortunately we have not seen or smelled a skunk since we moved to Washington. We found it very interesting that while we were in California we smelled skunk a few times a week. That was in a very residential area. Quite a surprise. Happy birthday, Don! That is a great photograph, on a river in Oregon. Looks bright and sunny on a beautiful fall day.

We haven’t seen the raccoons lately, but we have seen their tracks in the mud in different places in the yard. They mostly prowl around long after we’ve gone to bed. Fortunately we have not seen or smelled a skunk since we moved to Washington. We found it very interesting that while we were in California we smelled skunk a few times a week. That was in a very residential area. Quite a surprise.

]]> by: John http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-205225 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:35:35 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/05/evening-visitor-2/#comment-205225 Happy birthday, Don! If I were in your neck of the woods, I'd make a very stout batch of wonderful vegetarian chili to celebrate the event! In place of meat (which I tend to use in ample quantities in my own version), I'd use cauliflower and eggplant...but I'd not pull any punches and it would be a SPICY birthday! Happy birthday, Don! If I were in your neck of the woods, I’d make a very stout batch of wonderful vegetarian chili to celebrate the event! In place of meat (which I tend to use in ample quantities in my own version), I’d use cauliflower and eggplant…but I’d not pull any punches and it would be a SPICY birthday!

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