So I took a small step towards becoming a bird watcher. I discovered a large range of low cost wildlife cameras on Amazon and bought one for around AU$100.
It uses motion detection to take still shots and/or short MP4 video clips. It even works at night. More about its features (and shortcomings) in a later dispatch of Blaxland Birds.
We’ve lived in Blaxland for almost 50 years and love living at the edge of the Blue Mountains National Park. When I sit in our living room, I just see trees and, inevitably, the local birds.
Some years back, when Craig & Liz moved into town, we “inherited” their bird bath.
[ A previous version credited my father moving into a retirement home for the inheritance, but I was corrected by SWMBO…]
Lots of local birds use it to have a drink or a bath and occasionally we spot a night time visitor as well. I’m no “twitcher” or “birder” , but the temptation was there to identify our visitors, so here we are: Blaxland Birds…