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Urban Safari: Bald Eagle At Jamaica Pond

January 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

A Bald Eagle in Boston? The prospect seemed rather unlikely. After all, this is not Idaho. So when our intrepid copyeditor came back to the office after her morning walk [...]

BirdCam Pro FirstUse

October 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

We set up the new BirdCam Pros this week, invited our Blue Jay friends to stop by, and ran through some of the camera’s features to get a better feel for how they [...]

BirdCam Pro FirstLook

September 30, 2013 // 1 Comment

The Audubon BirdCam has made it easy to get snaps of visitors to the bird feeders in the RainyDayGarden. Wingscapes, the maker of the BirdCam, released an update to that [...]

BirdCam Mount

September 6, 2013 // 0 Comments

We had been thinking about how to set up the Audubon BirdCams in the garden. We could have used the stretch cords which came with the camera to mount it on a tree, but we [...]

BirdCam Accessories

September 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

We have been having a lot of fun with the Audubon BirdCams. The one we set up on a TrekPod on the second floor has been capturing some very candid pics of visitors to the [...]

IKEA Socker Hack: Window Bird Feeder

May 31, 2013 // 1 Comment

Using items from IKEA for DIY projects is something of a phenomenon on the Internet. A quick search brings back thousands of hacks and ideas. When we first came across [...]

Hanging the Bird Cottages

April 24, 2013 // 0 Comments

When we found these whimsical bird cottages, available exclusively at Gardener’s Supply Company, we knew that they would be perfect for the RainyDayGarden. They come [...]

Birdbath and Birdhouses

April 12, 2013 // 0 Comments

Spring is definitely on its way. The temperature outside has been fluctuating between 40º and 60º+. April showers have been signaling to the plants that it is time to get [...]

Urban Safari : Birdfeeding in a snowstorm

March 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

Putting out food for our feathery friends is a great way to bring some life to the RainyDayGarden during the dead of Winter. This is especially important (to the birds) [...]

First Real Snow Storm 2012

December 30, 2012 // 0 Comments

The dusting on Christmas Eve was wonderful, but it didn’t really count as a snow storm. Last night’s 2-inches of the heavy white stuff, while not significant by [...]

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