Black Bear Visits Backyard

 Black Bear Visits Backyard

A male black Bear stops by the Backyard checking for food and finds none then goes away when I open the door. Good bear! A bear that isn't fed by humans is a safer bear. Commissions may be earned through affiliate links. 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/backyard... 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you. 🔴Companion Nature Blog at: http://screech-owls.blogspot.com #bear #wildlife #animals

 Black Bear Visits Backyard

Mister Cardinal Is Fed Up With Cowbirds

Mister Cardinal Is Fed Up With Cowbirds

Song Sparrow parents raised 3 Brown Headed Cowbird parasites and at the time of these video clips Mister Cardinal had just about had enough of the song sparrow's peculiarly annoying parasite family! Either the song sparrow parents were ferrying food back to their giant nestlings or shoveling precious food into a ginormous parasite fledgling's gaping mouth or the rotund fledglings were just parked in the way taking up space on his favorite platform, In any case Mr Cardinal had to put his foot – I mean “beak” down. Which I'm sure left a mark. The desperate need to feed their mammoth kids lead the song sparrow parents to try and stand up to the cardinal with predictable results. And the fledglings being the true parasite slackers they were showed no respect for Mr Angry Bird leading to an ill-advised confrontation that probably left an indelible mark on the cowbird. I love this look on the fledgling experiencing rejection and discipline for the first time in its young life. Of course this was just too much cowbird for Mr. cardinal to bear so I spread more food around to different places so they could eat in peace. The full story of the cowbird saga is at:    • Brown Headed Cowbird Parasites Raised...   Filmed with Campark T100 Trail Camera available at: https://shrsl.com/3nywk Commission may be Earned through affiliate links. 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/backyard... 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.

Mister Cardinal Is Fed Up With Cowbirds

Squirrels and Blue Jays Check out Celestron 100mm ED Spotting Scope

Squirrels and Blue Jays Check out Celestron 100mm ED Spotting Scope

Behind the scenes look at the Backyard. A Full review of this powerful top-of-the-line spotting scope at:    • Celestron Regal M2 100ED Spotting Sco...   with lots of real-world examples. The REGAL M2 22-67X100MM ED ANGLED ZOOM SPOTTING SCOPE is perfect for watching and filming birds, wildlife and the moon and distant objects by digiscoping with your Smart Phone or DSLR. This scope is on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/43YQscB Filmed with Canon SX70HS on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2QftDPd Commission may be Earned through affiliate links. 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/backyard... 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.

Squirrels and Blue Jays Check out Celestron 100mm ED Spotting Scope

Sparrow Feeds Cowbird Chick Parasite

 

Sparrow Feeds Cowbird Chick Parasite

Stay tuned for the full-length story of observing cowbird parasitism. Mother song Sparrow is exhausted feeding one of three of the huge fast-growing Brown Headed Cowbird chicks that she hatched when mother cowbird laid eggs in her nest. This is called brood parasitism. I do not think any of the song sparrow's eggs survived, but they are trying again on a second brood and I think the cowbirds have moved on. Filmed with Campark TC06 Trail Camera: https://shrsl.com/3nk72 Commissions may be Earned through affiliate links. 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/backyard... 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you. 

Sparrow Feeds Cowbird Chick Parasite

Celestron Regal M2 100ED Spotting Scope Review

Celestron Regal M2 100ED Spotting Scope Review

Lots of real-world examples with this excellent top-of-the-line spotting scope. The REGAL M2 22-67X100MM ED ANGLED ZOOM SPOTTING SCOPE is perfect for watching and filming birds, wildlife and the moon and distant objects by digiscoping to. This scope is on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/43YQscB Commission may be Earned through affiliate links. You'll be amazed at what you can do with just your smart phone and this powerful, clear spotting scope. ED Objective Lens: Minimizes chromatic aberration, accurate color reproduction, increased resolution and contrast XLT Coatings (Fully Multi-Coated Optics): Proprietary XLT lens coatings maximize light transmission through the optical path for brighter images and increased resolution and contrast Magnesium Alloy Body: This material is strong and durable, but lighter weight than traditional aluminum alloy housings Dual focus: Course focus for rough adjustment and fine focus for detailed adjustment. Quicker focusing mechanism. Rotating tripod mount with detents: Place the orientation of the eyepiece in the best viewing position for application 22-67x Zoom Eyepiece: Adjustable magnification, giving you a wide field of view for general viewing and detailed up close viewing when needed. Twist-up eyecup for correct positioning of the user's eyes for comfortable viewing with or without eyeglasses. Standard 1.25” eyepiece mount allows a variety of astronomical eyepieces to be used with the spotting scope T-Adapter ring included for easy 35mm/DSLR photography Sliding sunshade with sighting line keeps out stray light and keeps moisture off of the objective lens. Sighting line aids in finding the subject you want to bring into view. Video Contents 00:00 Real-life Examples of Celestron 100 ED 00:50 Introduction and overview 02:18 Real life performance in low light conditions 03:25 Regal 100ED features continued 04:26 Features and operation 06:14 Attaching DSLR Cameras with T-ring adapter Canon EF and Canon R-series cameras 08:10 Eyepiece cover and mounting bracket for heavy use 10:29 Using Smart Phone adapters for digiscoping 11:54 Cover and carrying case for spotting scope 13:00 Review Summary and conclusions 14:17 Behind the scenes of testing 16:19 Closing Credits 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/backyard... 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you.

Celestron Regal M2 100ED Spotting Scope Review

Blue Jay's Feathers Molting in Real Time

Blue Jay's Feathers Molting in Real Time

Or in this case maybe "flying feathers" ! It is pretty common to see so-called bald-headed Blue Jays and other songbirds like Cardinals and Brown Thrashers without head feathers in late summer as they undergo their seasonal molt. Often the head feathers all fall out at about the same time giving the birds the “Vulture Look”. Jays change out all of their other feathers to - its just rarely seen - their flight feathers are swapped out a few at a time so they can continue to fly well to forage, feed, roost and avoid predators. In this rare slow-motion footage at the mountain spring we can see a Blue Jay lose two flight feathers during a vigorous bath – one from each wing. In fact this vigorous bathing my be done to help clear off these loose feathers which may be a little itchy. Late July and August is the time you are most likely to find blue jay feathers laying around the yard and it doesn't mean a bird or cat got them unless they are a lot of them in a pile, but you'll also notice these found feathers can look pretty beat up as these flight feathers are worn out and that's why they need to be replaced. An excellent reference for bird feather ID is “The Feather Atlas” from the US Fish and Wildlife: https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/ Filmed with Campark T100 Trail Camera available at: https://shrsl.com/3nywk Commissions may be earned through use of affiliate links. 🔴 New HD videos uploaded weekly. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe, ring the bell to get all channel upload notifications, like, and comment! Ways to support this Channel: 🔴 PayPal Donation to: mybackyardbirding@gmail.com 🔴 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/backyard... 🔴 MBYB Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/backyard... 🔴Backyard Birder's AMAZON shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mybackyar... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A small portion of each sale goes toward supporting the Backyard without increasing costs to you. 🔴Companion Nature Blog at: http://screech-owls.blogspot.com #birds #bluejays #birdwatching

Blue Jay's Feathers Molting in Real Time