I was downloading photos from the WingScapes Camera yesterday–FYI the batteries are working just fine in sub zero weather. One of the fun parts of having a motion sensitive camera is watching the story picture by picture when you are downloading what’s on the camera. The above photo is part of a series of a downy woodpecker eating suet off of the wall of my apartment building. There were about five photos of her and the suddenly she turned into a hairy woodpecker. We tried to recreate it in the above photo.
Arg! Creatures of the Night! Demonic Deer and a bat. Eeeeeeeeeeee!
WingScapes is part of Moultrie which makes the best selling game cam on the market. They are fun, they help take photos of what’s going on in your yard at night. One of their cameras took this photo–check it out, it got a bat. I’m not good with bat species, anyone have and idea what species it is?
I really like the motion in your DOWO pic- how did you get that in your blog? I put rollover images on my web page which change when you mouse over them, but this is cool because it sits there doing it for you.
It’s an animated GIF. I created it using Adobe ImageReady, but there are a lot of other programs out there that do the same thing.
The bat is probably a Hoary bat – the largest one found in the upper Midwest. 5-6 in long with an up to 18 in wingspan. (I can’t tell how far it is from the deer, but that looks about right.) Also that light colored body looks like the frosted tips of their body hair.
Love the downy to hairy woodpecker transformation! Excellent comparison between the two species, and so awesome that the perspectives are the same. It really shows the differences and the similarities.
Thanks Birdchick, Wingscape, and especially thanks to the techno-savvy Non-birding Bill for this treat.
~Kathi
Huh…huh…huh…you said peckers.
Nice comparison of the Downy and Hairy. I never see them together, and have to make a guess sometimes.
Must be nice being married to such a crafty dude. I want animated GIFs!
Ah- the animated gif. I’ll definitely be trying that! Much thanks, Bill.