#birdsy

[nocobirds]

Townsend’s Solitaire. I submitted this photo from today to “eBird” It identified it as Townsend’s Solitaire. It is an uncommon species.

January 5, 2023

[slinus27]

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A Carolina Chickadee pauses for a moment to bask in the beams of the setting sun. Filmed with @birdsy_tv #birds #birdsy #nature #wildlife #chickadee #birdfeeder #sunset (at Goshen, Kentucky) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPA_TUBD5FD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ostdrossel]

It's a moth party at the leeks patch!

[ostdrossel]

After some good breakfast and wing practice, the first Robin baby has left the nest an hour ago. Robins cannot fly properly when they fledge, so the young ones follow the parents around by foot for a couple of days, learning how to feed and survive. I am not sure if the other two will follow today but they might. You can watch on my website or on my Birdsy channel on https://birdsy.com/c/Ostdrossel3

[ostdrossel]

Birdsy news

Those of you who use it as well have gotten the email... After five fun years, Birdsy is shutting down due to lack of funding. Apart from my heartbreak over this happening, this means that my live cams will not be live and recording anymore within a matter of days, and I will have to find solutions. Streaming is possible via YT but recording clips may prove more difficult. Birdsy was so perfect for that, and I hate that the industry did not see it. In order to keep clips coming without screen-recording from a livestream, I need a solution for recording that is not breaking the bank, and tips are welcome. I wish more money would be put towards projects that bring joy. Farewell, Birdsy, I am going to miss you.

(This does not mean I will stop posting bird photos and videos. I will just have to rethink some of my cams. I am currently using five Birdsy cameras for livestreams and videos (apart from photo setups and other video cams) and will try to set up livestreams on youtube. I will have to find a solution for recording though.)

[ostdrossel]

The most skeptical Robin ever 😆 (it's like that on other cameras too).

[ostdrossel]

The end of an (*almost) era

Hello, dear followers. It looks like Birdsy has finally come to an end, the servers seem to be offline. This means I will have to finally sit down this weekend and find a streaming solution. Please bear with me, this may take a bit (I have tried a bit with foggy head earlier this week and could not get it to work). In the meantime, I have trailcams out in various spots to capture clips and photos but it is of course not the same as a livestream.

I will try Youtube for streaming and the iSpy software for recording but if anybody has a free solution for the latter, please let me hear it.

Let me also again say that the five years with Birdsy were wonderful, and I am extremely sad and disappointed that this wonderful adventure has found such a sad ending. I hope in the future there will be another rendition of Birdsy, and one that conquers the birdwatcher world. Because there is nothing like it and we need it.

PS: This does NOT mean that I will stop posting things, it just means that I currently have no livestreams and no way to record the clips I recorded with Birdsy.

[ostdrossel]

The Bluebird couple has been bringing their babies from brood 1 that they raised in a different spot down to the backyard recently to introduce them to feeders and bath. The female is spending a lot of time in the box but I don’t think she is done laying yet. As of this morning, she has four eggs. This was an early morning scene at the pond, first she comes in, then a baby. You can hear the others faintly in the background. It is kind of neat to have them here without all the worry during their first nesting.