Internet Hassle, Crows, Etc.
Well, to begin with, here is yet another incredibly boring snapshot from our backyard bird cam. (In the PM we call it Backyard Night Fishing aka BNF.) More about that in a minute...)
Sorry for the delay... Our Internet connection has been fussy to say the very least. Earlier today, we couldn't even connect to the Bank of America site. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I know it ain't on this end. We've had great connectivity to some of the Web, but not others segments. (The culprit probably is a server somewhere in East LoopDeeDoo Land... Having supported NT server for Microsoft for a year I understand the agonies of a downed server... Oh the horror... the horror...) Anyway, hopefully I can get this posted for all to see...
Anywho, back to the BNF... Right now it's 15 degrees F in Harwich, and that might account for the aforementioned poor BNF as well as the haphazard Internet connectivity. My guess is that technology doesn't like the cold any more than wildlife does.
What else? Oh yesss... I watched a fascinating crow behavior the other day... Normally, our feeders are too small to provide access to a large bird like a crow, but we installed a metal rod "arm" onto the side of the feeder post. In doing so we gave the creatures a rather awkward access to the feeder; and sure enough there was a corvid balanced on the rig scattering seed left and right. At first it appeared that he was only looking for choice tidbits, but in retrospect, there may have been a more social motive - his pals were on the ground below feasting away. Oh goody - we've got a bright social creature who's an acrobat to boot. I swear someone should sell tickets to this show called "Life"...
See you by the feeders if the creek doesn't rise and my Internet connection is willing,
CapeCodAlan
Cornell Ornithology Laboratory: Inside Birding
Cornell Ornithology Laboratory: All About Birding
Comments
Was he possibly 'redistributing the wealth'
you provided for the smaller birds?
Posted by: Josie | January 11, 2010 9:46 PM