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Urban Safari : Arnold Arboretum Fall 2013

October 25, 2013 // 0 Comments

The two times of the year when the Arnold Arboretum is at its most spectacular are Spring and Fall. As this spot is just a few miles from the office, we try to drop by [...]

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 [...]

Wingscapes : Audubon BirdCam FirstUse

August 16, 2013 // 0 Comments

A  couple of Audubon BirdCams arrived last week. Finally, the interns will be freed from standing behind the blind waiting to snap photos of visitors to the new feeder! [...]

Wingscapes: Audubon BirdCam

August 12, 2013 // 0 Comments

Setting  up an automated camera to capture visitors to the various feeders we have around the RainyDayGarden has been on our ToDo list for years. The problem was triggering [...]

RDG 2013 Summer Summary

July 8, 2013 // 0 Comments

In the Spring, we put up some cottages for the birds, hung a bamboo house for the Mason bees, and built a new feeder for the birds. Now that we have moved into the dog [...]

Fujifilm X100S : Macro Mode

June 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

Even after two months of daily shooting with the Fujifilm X100S, the camera still manages to surprise and impress us with its capabilities. Most readers know by now that, [...]

Grow Your Own Mushrooms Update

June 17, 2013 // 0 Comments

We received some oyster mushroom growing kits from Back To The Root at the beginning of the year. Initially, we ran into some issues getting the mushrooms to grow. The [...]
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