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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Halton Hills on May 26, 2010, 06:04:54 PM

Title: Eastern Bluebirds
Post by: Halton Hills on May 26, 2010, 06:04:54 PM

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I've been feeding a pair of Bluebirds that are nesting in my backyard.

They now fly in for a snack of mealworms each morning as soon as I whistle a specific note or two and place the feeder on the lawn.

I don't have a decent enough camera/lens to take any worthwhile pics.......so I shot a video instead.


http://s615.photobucket.com/albums/tt23 ... LowRes.flv (http://s615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/HH12345/?action=view&current=BluebirdsLowRes.flv)

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Post by: Cody on May 26, 2010, 07:00:30 PM

Great video!

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Post by: Matthew Strimas-Mackey on May 26, 2010, 07:17:50 PM

Very cool that you can get them to come in so close.

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Post by: denis on May 26, 2010, 07:37:26 PM

very nice.

Title: UPDATE
Post by: Halton Hills on June 26, 2010, 10:43:48 PM

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The Bluebirds now come right to my deck for the daily mealworm handout........here's a better quality video.

Can be viewed full screen at the 480p setting..........    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWNVp9No3A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWNVp9No3A)

After a failed attempt last month.......they finally got their act together.

The female layed 5 eggs starting on June 7th.......they all hatched on the 23rd

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(http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/HH12345/BB1.jpg)
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(http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/HH12345/Chicks1Day.jpg)

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