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Top Five Ways To Shoot Great Nature Videos

By BirdDude on Friday, March 16th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Down and Dirty List To Shoot Better Nature Videos OK, so you’re an avid birder. I get that. You enjoy just spending time staring at your backyard. You get a thrill watching all the characters back there interact with each other. How many times have you found yourself saying”Man, I wish I had that on [...]

Do Your Neighbors Think You Are Insane?

By BirdDude on Saturday, February 25th, 2012 | No Comments

Not About Taking Out The Trash In Your Underwear Over the years, my closest neighbors have had a lot of reasons to call the paddy wagon on me. No, I’ve not taken my trash out in my underwear either. I’m talking about my fanatical obsession with feeding, watching and interacting with my backyard “crew”. From [...]

Hand Feeding Birds Faster

By BirdDude on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment

It Doesn’t Have To Be A Struggle If you ask a person who’s been feeding birds for a while about getting them to hand feed, you’ll either get a bewildered look or one of “you poor person.” That’s because if they’ve read anything about hand feeding birds they’ve been told how long it will take [...]

Leaving The Nest YouTube Video Posted

By BirdDude on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 | No Comments

Yes, you heard it right! I’ve finally finished editing and uploading my latest YouTube video. It’s called “Leaving The Nest” and it shows four bluebird babies leaving the nest one at a time. I mention in the video that the amount of video needed to successfully capture the event is staggering. I feel for nature [...]

BirdOculars Christmas Buying Guide

By BirdDude on Sunday, November 13th, 2011 | No Comments

I wanted to put together a quick list of the things I think would make a great gift for your birding friends or yourself this holiday season. I’ve put this together from reviews I’ve done and things you’ve been coming to my site to read about. It’s a quick list you can reference, read a [...]

First Titmouse Hand Feeder Of The Season

By BirdDude on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | No Comments

For the last couple of weeks when I put food out in the afternoon, I’ve been taking down the feeders and just standing near the feeder station. I started out about six feet away and would gradually and slowly move closer to the station. My goal: to see how close I could get before the [...]