Featured on uStream!

We've only been with uStream for a few days now, but we're already featured on their front page under the "Winters Wild" grid!

I feel very accomplished!

I hope you're enjoying our new broadcasting with uStream! Don't forget to like us on Facebook and share us with friends!

Back up and running!

NovaBirds Cam is back up and running! Just in time for 5cm of snow later this afternoon. Brrrr!

Technical difficulties

Unfortunately we're having some internet connection issues today. Hoping to have the cam up later, but it's hard to determine if the problem will be fixed by then.

Stay tuned, will try to get it back up ASAP!

Changes

I'm currently testing out uStream as a new method of broadcasting our cam.

I love Camstreams, but uStream has a few more options that I think will enhance the "viewing experience."

With uStream, our cam can be viewed on Smart Phones using the uStream app. Also, there is the option to go full-screen when viewing, which a few people have expressed the desire for. The downfall is that there are ads, but I don't find them to be too much of a nuisance.

Please leave any feedback you have about this change.

An Exciting Visitor!

Male Northern Flicker at the seed feeder.

It's amazing how unpredictable birds can be. This morning I got a surprise when I opened the cam at work to see a curious Northern Flicker investigating the seed feeder!

We have lots of Northern Flickers around our property during the summer months. They're commonly poking around the yard, looking for insects under the lawn. In the winter however, they're less common...and even less common than that is to see one on a seed feeder. Typically if they visit a feeder, they'll go for suet, as most woodpeckers do. This guy must have been pretty hungry! I didn't see him sample any of the seed, but he looked like he was seriously considering it.

The Flicker challenges a Hairy for the
suet rack.

He flew off shortly after, and I figured it was just a fluke that he stopped by. Luckily a while later he appeared again, this time bickering with a hairy woodpecker over the suet basket. Maybe we'll be able to keep him interested in our feeders and he'll become a regular visitor!

If any of you spot him while viewing the cam, feel free to send a snapshot to nova.birdcam@gmail.com and I'll add it to the gallery! To take a picture, simply press the "Print Screen (PrtScn) button on your keyboard and then Paste (Ctrl +V) into a program such a paint.

Stay tuned! Hopefully this fellow will become a regular!

Nova Squirrel Cam?

First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everyone had a fabulous New Year's Eve and wish you a great year ahead!



Scram and his buddy pig out.

The Nova Birdcam is currently pretty buried in snow. We had quite a blizzard on the 29th-30th of December...and we're now in a cold snap (-20°C with windchill!) so the snow won't be melting any time soon.

Yesterday, the cam was taken over by that pesky little Scram...and this time he brought a buddy along with him! For a good couple of hours, he and his friend hogged all the seed and kept most of the birds away.

They must be in a food coma now, as I haven't seen either of them today. Just lots of birds!

Stormy visitors

Scram at the suet basket

Despite the frigid weather yesterday, there were LOTS of visitors to the Bird Cam yesterday.

Chickadees, goldfinches, the male & female hairy woodpeckers, Scram (and a friend!), juncos and more. At one point yesterday morning, I noticed a large yellowish bird in the trees with a group of bluejays. Another Evening Grosbeak! I think it was a male. It was alone, but like I said, traveling with the bluejays. He stayed for a while and took a few swoops at the feeder, but was pretty skittish.

A male Evening Grosbeak visits

I was pretty surprised at just how busy the feeders were. Even when hubby was out snowblowing, they were still eating away.

Today, there are still lots of birds visiting. Guess they just can't stay away! Enjoy :)

Hope you all have a Happy New Year's Eve!