Bombs Away – Bombogenesis Birdfeeding, Weather Gauging
Bombogenesis: when a mid-latitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours. (NOAA) Most New Englanders had never heard the meteorological [...]
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RDG Spring Prep 2017
This has been a crazy Winter here in New England. We got a lot of rain, a few snow storms, and some single digit nights followed by 50º plus days. On the last weekend [...]
Birdfeeding In A Blizzard
When the huge Nor’easter was barreling down on Boston a few days ago, we thought it best to put out some extra bird food (Cole’s Hot Meats, Blue Ribbon Blend). [...]
Starlings at the feeder
Got some shots of the starling at the window feeder this morning. Unlike the Blue Jays, the starling seems to be happy to share the food with the sparrows. The only problem [...]
Black-capped Chickadee
A new visitor stopped by the RainyDayGarden window feeder today…. a Black-capped Chickadee (there were two, but we only got one in this pic)!!! Note the frozen floor of [...]
RDG Winter Prep
When the leaves start falling, it is a signal for the RainyDayGarden crew to go into prep mode for Winter. We have to make sure we have plenty of bird seed, put away all the [...]
BirdCam Pro InTheWild
The BirdCam and BirdCam Pros from Wingscapes are weather-proof wildlife cameras/videocams. Both cameras have been set up in various sections of the RainyDayGarden for [...]
BirdCam Pro FirstLook
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
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 [...]
IKEA Socker Hack: Window Bird Feeder
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 [...]
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