eBirdseed.com Live Webcam is online! (And Momma, Don't let Your Babies Grow Up to be Engineers...)
Yup... Just give the window below a little time, and the Official eBirdseed.com Real-Time Bird Webcam will come to life right before your very eyes.
Configured as is, it should make for a superb Hummingbird Cam during the day. At night, it will probably be turned off... But you just never know... The idea of an Official eBirdseed.com Real-Time Fish Webcam is certainly compelling ain't it? How about a Gas-Fireplace Cam? Anyway, let me know what critters/objects you'd like to see and I'll see if I can make it happen. In any event, we'll use the link below in all future posts to give you access to the eBirdseed.com cam.
But there is a sort of a postscript here... As the title says... "Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be engineers." (Thanks to Willie Nelson et al...)
Technically, this cam shouldn't be up for another week. I just didn't have the cables... Still, Hell hath no fury like an engineer scorned. Now, the cables are patched and taped, and the cam is up. We'll just have to watch where we walk in the kitchen for the next week or two... "Mission Control, all systems are go!" (At some point, the wife is just going to kill me...)
See you by the feeders in the hope that you'll be looking at them too,
CapeCodAlan
Comments
To quote Christopher Walken: "Wow!" (Who would believe that SNL was funny again...) This is really awesome, CCA!
{Thanks!
CCA}
Posted by: Kathy | April 29, 2008 9:58 AM
OK, genius!! You are having just a wonderful time with this challenge. Mrs.CCA may adopt the theme song "Momma, don't let your kids marry an engineer!" It's great!
{CCA replies... Too late!}
Posted by: Jo | April 29, 2008 1:08 PM
I've been watching non-stop for 42 minutes now. So far, no hummingbirds, but I've seen two squrrels happily playing "tag" and a cat. Oh... almost forgot: And my boss wants to speak to me "when I have time." I explained that this is actually a zen website set up for reducing stress in office workers who spend their days in front of their computer screens.
Thought I had him, too, until he reminded me that I run a PRINT SHOP. Hey, WE get stressed too, ya know!
Nice set-up, CCA. And, all kidding aside, even if the hummingbirds are on their day off, it really is an idyllic view. Very relaxing (mostly because we didn'y have to go through what you did to make this happen. My hat is off to you sir!
{CCA... I swear those hummingbirds were showing up every 10 - 15 minutes! Though birds do tend to have feeding patterns... I know that at the end of the day they're more active... Another problem might be that we have an eBirdseed hummer feeder mounted out of camera range... D'oh!
Also, we're still playing with the camera and streaming Web host, so this really is a work in progress.
Thanks for checking in... Now go back to work! ;)
CCA}
Posted by: Gerry Ashley | April 29, 2008 1:53 PM