BHSC - Red Robin Color CamRed Robin Color Cam by Birdhouse Spy Cam The glamorous twin of our Night Owl Nest Cam, this COLOR Cam is NOT intended for use inside a birdhouse. There just isn't enough light in there. Its real strength is giving you a birds-eye, close up view of what goes on around your bird feeders. bird baths or wherever you want to watch any kind of wildlife. Just imagine being zoomed in on all those humming birds as they crowd around your feeder. Or maybe there are some deer or racoons that make daily visits. Use your imagination. This camera can be mounted just about anywhere giving you a crisp, vibrantly colored view (and sound . . . it's got that little microphone too) of all the action. Distance between house and camera can easily be extended another 100+ feet with addition of simple telephone cord. Birdhouse Spy Cam - Red Robin Color Cam
Connected to the home television or computer, it gives you a whole new outlook on birdwatching.
Although not enough light can get into a birdhouse to operate a color camera, that doesn't mean your customers can't still enjoy birds, squirrels, and other wildlife (one bee keeper has mounted one in his hive) in all their glorious color on their television.
The Red Robin plugs into the RCA (video- and audio-in) ports of a television or computer. Its wide angle lens and depth of focus from a fraction of an inch to infinity covers just about every viewing need by your customers. The Red Robin comes with mounting screws for wooden poles, and a plastic zip tie for metal letting customers mount this incredible camera by a bird feeder, bird bath, or just about any place they want to watch any kind of wildlife. A sensitive, built in microphone, even lets them hear the action.
The Red Robin comes with a 60-foot Plug n' Play cord, that is easily extended out hundreds of feet. Not for use inside a birdhouse or other dark areas.
The Hummingbird Garden: Turning Your Garden, Window Box, or Backyard into a Beautiful Home for Hummingbirds
Bird and gardening expert Mathew Tekulsky uncovers the simple steps any gardener can take to attract and enjoy one of nature's most beautiful creatures. He introduces the reader to hummingbird habits and reveals the regions where they live and migrate. The core of the book tells about the flowers that provide the nectar hummingbirds seek, with loads of advice on how the home gardener can grow these plants in profusion. A chapter is devoted to hummingbird feeders, and appendixes give complete information on hummingbird and plant varieties, bird and conservation organizations, mail-order sources, and more.
Creating a Hummingbird Garden
Illustrated in full color, this book and its companion, Creating a Butterfly Garden offer clear advice for attracting beautiful little winged creatures to your backyard. Each guide identifies common species, and offers easy-to-follow instructions for creating a garden plan with the flowers, trees, and shrubs that are most attractive to desired species.
Turn your garden into a glorious haven for hummingbirds. Here are the basics on planning, planting, and maintaining a beautiful outdoor space that will lure these tiny creatures and give you hours of gardening pleasure. This charmingly illustrated volume provides a variety of garden plans, including essential information on hardiness zones, soil conditions, and sun and shade preferences, and is packed with facts on the lives and habits of hummingbirds. When your winged guests linger in your garden, you'll delight in consulting the hummingbird identifier in Creating a Hummingbird Garden. Here is everything you need to know to attract hummingbirds, from their favorite flowers to instructions for making hummingbird feeders.
Table Of Contents Contents
Hummers love backyards
Backyards and hummingbirds
The perfect flower
Red: The perfect color
Planning the garden
Layering in the garden
Garden islands
Vines, shrubs, and trees
The spring garden
Spring plants
Nesting needs
Feeders
Recipes
The summer garden
Summer plants
Shelter, shade, and sunlight
The hummingbird bath
Insects, too, for food
The early fall garden
Early fall plants
A wildflower option
Wildflowers
Special relationships
Common hummingbirds
Collections to visit
Index
Acknowledgments
Favorite Hummingbird Garden Flowers:
Hummingbirds are most attracted to red, tubular flowers. But they also love any bright colored flowers like yellow, orange, pink. I have had them humming around white petunias in the spring.
To make a great "hummer" garden pick bright colors and tubular flowers. Some of the flowers they like are: red salvia, lobelia, coral honeysuckle, hibiscus, trumpet vine, scarlet sage, butterfly bush, phlox, columbine, delphinium, shrimp plant and agave.
Nectar / Hummingbird Food:
It is really not necessary to use red colored dyes and nectars. When making your own hummingbird food it is best to stick to 4 parts water to 1 part sugar. This will come close to the glucose concentration found in flowers.
Recipe for Making your own Hummingbird food:
4 parts water / 1 part sugar
Bring water to a boil and stir in sugar. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Let cool. Excess nectar / hummingbird food can be stored in a tightly covered jar in refrigerator for one week.
Do NOT substitute honey for sugar!!
Audubon Society's VideoGuide to Birds of North America, Volume III
77 species of pigeons and doves, cuckoos, owls, nighthawks, hummingbirds and swifts, trogons, kingfishers and woodpeckers.
“This is a highly professional product, a video version of a printed field guide, pointing out distinctive field marks, using animation along with still and motion picture footage plus verbal descriptions by the narrator and even snappy range maps. This was written, directed, and narrated by Michael Godfrey, and he's done a fine job. Another library must.”
