I designed and 3D printed this quarter pipe for my bird feeder.
If you'd like to print this yourself: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6622164
Bird: Blue Jay
Location: Upstate New York
Time: May 2024
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I made a quarter pipe for my bird feeder.
Link to STL file if you'd like to 3D print your own: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6622164
Bird: Northern Cardinal Location: New York Time: May 2024
I took this photo on a walk today. I think it's a junco
It was blinking
A photo of an American Crow that visits me daily for snacks
I took a photo of one of the crows that visits me daily for peanuts
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I got into birding late last year after I decided to start feeding the crows in my neighborhood. It started with feeding them peanuts. Then it turned into taking pictures of them when then visited. Soon enough, I was naming them and really studying their behavior. I wanted to see more birds, so I bought a bird feeder.
I started applying my other hobbies to bird watching and that is where things really took off. (Pun intended).
I designed and 3d printed a quarter pipe that fits on my bird feeder. I bolted a tech deck to the top and I have taken a lot of photos of birds that look like they are about to drop in on the quarter pipe.
As if that wasn't enough, I draw the photos that I take and turn them into embroidered iron-on patches to leave on the pin board at my local coffee shop for strangers to take.
Birding forces me to slow down and pay attention. I find it relaxing and it is the polar opposite of my normal day to day. It also gives me a way share my excitment with others. If anything I have done results in someone deciding to feed a crow some peanuts, then its all worth it.