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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · Jan 20

For anybody who may be interested - I also entertain a Patreon account with a small subscription to help me with costs for things like bird food, internet and my website. Every now and then you may get to see some extra footage there that I do not post in other spots. You can find it here:

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 1d

Fall foliage is taking its time with the drought we've been having in Michigan, but the Staghorn Sumac has started to show some nice color. It always is a nice backdrop especially for the Blue Jays. #birds

A series of Blue screemers in front of the fall-colored sumac

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 1d

The skunks are presenting themselves from their best side on the live cam 😆 #nature #wildlife #butts

two skunks stand side by side with their butts to the camera

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 2d

I may keep this up with the camera for a bit. If you listen closely, you'll hear Redwinged Blackbirds, there were some around today.

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 2d

This is a little feeder that I like putting out because it is easy to clean and fill. It is not the greatest for footage but the birds seem to love it and MoDos cannot get to it, so there are some different visitors here - Redbreasted Nuthatches (back for the season!) & Downy Woodpeckers. #birds

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 3d

(The music is: Trick or Meow - Cute Spooky Halloween by Erika Rythmique, which came up in CapCut without copyright.)

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 3d

Spooky season is here, and while I have never really done anything for Halloween deco, I found this little skeleton and loved that I can pose it, so I am having some fun with it. There were some fun visitors, including a Hermit Thrush 💀👻🐦️

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 5d

Oh, be still my heart 😍 The Cardinals had a very good season with lots of offspring. You cannot see them all here, but it was four babies in total. Mom is the one with the red beak. They are just the most adorable little stinkers, I love them so much! #birds 🐦🪶

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 6d

While up north with family, the winter crowd started arriving. It was neat to see some birds I rarely get in my yard, like Crows and Towhees. Back home, there are the first Juncos and some native sparrows, the coming days will be fun. I had the most fab week, moms are the best ❤️ #birds

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 12d

Tiny friends are flitting around the bushes and making robot noises up in the trees - it looks like the House Wren family is still around, and some Redbreasted Nuthatches have arrived. The latter makes me very happy, I love these guys. A new plastic possum friend is visiting in October too. #birds

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 14d

I also filmed a Black-eyed Susan, and it did not dance as much. (I will not post a lot this week - my mom visits from Germany, and we haven't seen each other in years, so I'll be busy 🙂)

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 14d

I've been looking for fun stuff to film since there are hardly any birds and timelapsed a Zinnia, hoping to catch it popping open. And while I've been doing that for the last week or so, I noticed that it is dancing. Who knew! Zinnias like to jam, especially at night.
#nature

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 15d

Bird activity has almost come to a halt here, typical for this time of the year with nature providing a bounty to eat and many birds on the move to their winter quarters. But there are some that keep hanging around, amongst them some Blue Jays. I liked all the vibrant colors in this one. #birds

A blue screemer with a peanut half in the beak in front of a purple flower, some greenery and a blue sky

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 16d

A fun visitor at the garden today! I haven't seen a Praying Mantis in a couple of years, so this made me happy. I loved how it flicked the Boxelder bug off the flower 😆#bugs

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 17d

Sometimes a good screaming sesh can help easing the mind. #nature

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 18d

The little fountain I made earlier in the season was used a lot but also wore out at some point. The paint came off, animals stole the flowers and eventually I pulled it. I never had time to go through the footage so this is a sweet greeting from spring and summer. #birds

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 19d

The Black Swallowtail is hanging in there. I put a Wyze cam by it that records a timelapse every day, and I find it funny to see that it is not just hanging motionless but stretching every so often. I do not think it will emerge this season, but it can stay where it is until it is ready. #butterfly

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 21d

Wow, Jocelyn, that is amazing. Congratulations!

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 21d

The Swainson's Thrush was back (I think). It showed a magic trick reappearing a pit, took a bath and inspected the cameras. The pond looked mucky today, so I cleaned it (I add bleach and cover it for about an hour and then flush it out using the pump and a bucket until the bleach smell is gone).🐦

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 22d

For weeks now, I had an SD card laying around that I haven't gone through for lack of time. It had 9.000ish photos on it, of hummingbirds on one of the last more busy days. I kept 400 and processed some too. Here is a little collage. #birds 🐦🪶

You can pretty much see a whole family - adult males and females, a teen male and a young female. After a slow start, this season was great with very cooperative hummers, and I am going to miss them.

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 23d

Thank you! Yeah, it can be a bit annoying. It is why I added watermarks, and as long as they do not remove them (which has happened before too), I like to think that people may find me through that.

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 23d

Thrushes are one of my favorites, the "Drossel" part in my alias is the German word for thrush too 🙂 They are just so entertaining and expressive. And they have been very cooperative today. The Swainson's was back in the morning, and then a whole flock of Robins visited. A good Sunday. #birds

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 24d

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Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 24d

Eek! Fall migration is really underway. Tonight, this cutie visited, what I believe to be a Swainson's Thrush. Last year, there was a Hermit Thrush, but this one here does not seem to have that "cinnamon" color, it looks more olive. This has me excited for whoever will visit coming up. #birds

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 25d

It's ok, at least they credit me and always give me a little boost. worse are those that just screenshot the photos from there and repost them without giving me credit at all, reaping all the engagement for their own pages.

Ostdrossel @ostdrossel.com · 25d

To be honest, they are fun but by far not my favorites. If you want to see more, you can check out my tumblr, I have been posting there since the beginning, about eight years ago. (Same with Insta and FB) I've been on here much shorter, so less photos here.

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