MacGyvering Avian Surveillance
There’s a well-worn bird feeder that hangs just outside of our kitchen window. It was made by Stella’s late brother Robert. It hangs on a rope, well above head height. There was a time when we put seed in it. More recently, we feed the birds at a stand in the back yard that’s easier to reach. So this particular feeder has been empty a long while.
In March a Wren appeared to be renovating the kitchen bird feeder. For a week or more he appeared to be diligently filling it with nesting material. We could see the stuffing being amassed between the plastic sides of the feeder. Now and then the female would show up to inspect his handiwork.
I was impressed. So much so that I thought I should capture this activity on the part of our latest tenants. I happened to have a few Wyze Pan Cams 3’s in my collection of techno-junk. They had been purchased for a transient project, but were now idle.