It has been a couple days of chilly, windy and wet weather here in northwestern Pennsylvania. The Birdfy Hum Feeder has alerted me to motion many times the past few days. However, when I looked at the videos, all motion was caused by wind or rain.
What a wonderful surprise, when earlier this afternoon, I received two motion alerts. Neither alert was for motion caused by wind or rain.
Baltimore Oriole at Hummingbird Feeder
Black-Capped Chickadee at Hummingbird Feeder
The fact that the Birdfy Hum Feeder captured these two birds brings me such joy.
I own two Birdfy bird feeders — the Birdfy Smart Bird Feeder with a Pro Perch and the Birdfy Hum Feeder. The bird feeder is mounted on a front yard window frame. The hum feeder is mounted on a pavilion post in our back yard.
The most common visitor to the bird feeder is the Common Grackle. Sometime yesterday the Birdfy camera caught two Grackles having a spat.
Grackles are mean to each other, as well as to other birds. The only way to keep grackles off my feeder is by using a metal cage, specially made for the bird feeder. I prefer an unobstructed view, without a cage in view. Also the cage would prevent other large birds, which I want to see, from utilizing the feeder.
Captured just as the Grackle Landed on the Perch
Leaving
What a BIG peanut!
Grackles like grape jelly.
Grackles have beautiful iridescent feathers.
Today, Birdfy captured Mr and Mrs Cardinal on the perch together.
Male and Female Northern Cardinals
At the Birdfy Hum Feeder I was very happy to see both the female and male Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds today.
Female hummingbird arrives, followed by the male hummingbird
These two bird feeders have elevated my birdwatching experience. I now can see birds up close and personal. The bird feeders notify and record when birds visit. I can enjoy birdwatching anytime, anywhere.
Early last week I picked up a free pass for two for an upcoming concert.
The concert, 7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Experience, was held last night at 8:00 pm at the Struthers Library Theater here in Warren PA. According to the theater’s promotional material 7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Experience “is a stunningly accurate tribute to Southern California’s most famous musical group, The Eagles. Using no backing tracks or harmonizers, 7 Bridges faithfully re-creates the experience of an Eagles concert from the band’s most prolific period.”
Several friends have seen 7 Bridges in concert multiple times and have raved about the show. Last night was our first time to hear 7 Bridges in concert.
All theater seating was reserved. We reserved two seats in Row D, 4 rows from the stage.
I captured a few short video clips of the concert with my iPhone 15 Pro Max, as well as a few still images. Enjoy!
Vernon Roof as Joe Vitale (keyboards, vocals) (Sitting at piano) Devon Pangle as Timothy B Schmidt and Randy Meisner (bass/vocals) Bryan Graves as Glenn Frey (guitars, vocals) Brian Franklin as Don Felder (guitars) Richie Scholl as Joe Walsh (guitars, organ, vocals)
Keith Thoma as Don Henley (drums, vocals)
and one more of Richie Scholl as Joe Walsh
Each artist’s performance was outstanding. All artists harmonized well together. I really enjoyed Richie Scholl’s performance. He was fun to watch, as he rocked the guitar(s).
You might be wondering how it came about that I received a free pass for two for the concert. I responded to a post on Facebook that asked “Are you interested in free tickets? Let us know in the comment section as we have a limited number to give away!” I responded as follows: “My husband and I have not seen this tribute band. I would love free tickets to go to the concert.” That is all it took. A short time later I received a Facebook message from Warren County Visitors Bureau stating that the pass was mine, if I could pick it up. The value of the two free tickets was $64.00.
Thank you Warren County Visitors Bureau for the free pass. The concert was awesome! I cannot recall the last time that we attended a concert. My husband and I had a wonderful time!
7 Bridges, we will be sure to watch for the next time you are in Warren. My husband and I would LOVE to hear your band again!
Yesterday’s weather was lovely. The sky was blue, with wispy clouds. The sun shone brightly. The temperature reached the low 70s. It was a good day to go for a drive.
At 8:30 am we left home en route Wellsboro PA. Wellsboro is located about a 2-hour drive east of our home in Warren PA.
We stopped for breakfast at Kaytee’s Family Restaurant in Coudersport. We have eaten in this restaurant a few times over the years. The service and food never disappoint.
Wellsboro is home to Pine Creek Gorge, which is better known as the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. Two parks, Leonard Harrison State Park and Colton Point State Park, provide spectacular views of Pine Creek Gorge.
Colton Point State Park First Overlook of Pine Creek Gorge
Colton Point State Park Pine Creek Gorge
Pine Creek and the footpath are prominent in both of the photographs displayed above.
Although Pine Creek and the footpath are visible in the opposite direction, the hills are most prominent.
Colton Point State Park First Overlook of Pine Creek Gorge
From Colton Point State Park we drove to Leonard Harrison State Park.
Bob and I at Leonard Harrison State Park
We also walked a couple blocks in downtown Wellsboro, looking for either a Scottish or Irish shop that I recall seeing many years ago. I thought Bob might find a particular cap style that looks European to me. I suspect the store closed, as we didn’t find it.
From Wellsboro, on our way back home, we drove north to Tioga PA and into New York.
The highlight of our drive home was spotting an eagle in a tree in Greenwood NY. We were on NY Route 417 at the time of the sighting. Bob pulled off, and I took a picture.
Eagle above a creek bed along NY Route 417
We returned home around 6:30 pm. It was a long, but nice, day enjoyed by both Bob and me.
The new bird feeder is a Birdfy Hum Feeder, a hummingbird feeder with dual cameras. We can now see the beauty of hummingbirds up close. The cameras automatically capture and identify the birds. I receive real-time notifications on my phone through the Birdfy app.
The hummingbird feeder is hanging on our pavilion from a S-hook.
The Birdfy Hum Feeder had its first visitor today — a Ruby Throated Hummingbird! Be sure to have your volume turned on, so that you can hear the sound of the wings beating.
I was SO EXCITED that a hummingbird showed up at the feeder!
Each motion detection displays a video and several still images. The still images are culled from the video. The still images are identified via artificial intelligence. Here is one of the still images.
Soon after capturing two videos, which I merged together into the one video displayed above, I turned off the motion detection. A slight breeze is causing the hummingbird feeder to move ever so slightly, causing the motion detection to go off over and over again. I am awaiting delivery of a mounting kit that I ordered on April 22. The mounting kit is coming from China. I hope it is delivered soon. The video and pictures of the hummingbirds will be better, if the feeder isn’t moving. In my opinion, the mounting kit should have been included with the hummingbird feeder.
One of the first birds that found our Birdfy Bird Feeder, when we moved it from our back yard to our front yard, was the Common Grackle. In this video the Grackle is being polite.
Notice that the Grackle flies off down the driveway, after selecting a treat. Soon afterward another Grackle flies across the road onto the feeder.
We placed the seed guard back on the feeder, after going through two full feeder fulls of seed. Without the seed guard, the Grackle swishes its beak back and forth looking for specific treats. The seed is flung off the bird feeder, as the Grackle switches its beak back and forth.
Here is a collage of a few still images of the Grackle(s), since moving the bird feeder to the front yard.
Bob moved the Birdfy bird feeder from the pavilion to the front living room window. There was a hanging bird feeder at the front window, where Bob hung the Birdfy feeder. At the hanging bird feeder we had seen male AND female cardinals, goldfinches, house finches, sparrows, and grackles. I am hoping to see more bird varieties at the Birdfy bird feeder, mounted at the front window, than we were seeing at the pavilion. We saw bluejays, mourning doves, grackles, male cardinal, and a chipmunk while the feeder was installed on the pavilion. I can do without the grackles and chipmunk!
A Song Sparrow showed up at our bird feeder soon after it was in its new location.
Here are a few still images that have been culled from the video.
We hung two other bird feeders as well. We hung a hummingbird feeder from a hook at the side living room window. We hung the bird feeder that was hanging from the living room window, where we mounted the Birdfy bird feeder, on a hook from the kitchen window.
We cleaned bird shit off the pavilion. We think having the Birdfy bird feeder mounted on the pavilion encouraged birds to fly through the pavilion and leave their droppings.
We hung wind chimes on the pavilion and sat there, relaxing.
The Beauty Around Us 