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| Photo by Judy Boyd |
This camera is located at a place called Ellis Bird Farm. A brother and sister farmed the land until the 1970's. They were bought out by a petro chemical company that constructed a large petro chemical plant. The Ellis's had developed a system for successful blue bird houses and were largely responsible for bringing back blue birds to this area. They also had houses for purple martins. Of course, they fed birds all winter.
Since this couple had single handedly helped the birds, one of the stipulations in the sale of their farmland was to leave part of the land for the birds. The company funded a board to organize and manage the area.
This has been a very successful venture as the birds have been well looked after and studied. It has been made into a sanctuary and facilities have been built to accommodate visitors and has become a tourist site.
So because of the importance of the site I like to put this link on my blog. I hope that those of you who like web cams will get some pleasure out of this one.
This is so interesting. I have capture a lot of beavers in my travels . They are so smart.
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I missed putting in that the photo was done by Judy Boyd who is a very active photographer of birds and wildlife in Red Deer
DeleteI've always been fascinated by beavers, especially their constructions. Beaver lodges are incredible.
ReplyDeletethe lodges are incredible but also incredible in "stink" The rotting vegetation used in the structure produces a pretty strong odor. You probably didn't want to know this.
Deleteaw, i absolutely enjoyed seeing this!
ReplyDeletei really like your blog's title.
hope you are having a great weekend!
Thanks for visiting my blog. The fine beaver picture was done by Judy Boyd. I have corrected that on my blog.
DeleteThe title comes from a one room country school I attended.
What a wonderful idea to preserve some of the wildlife areas! Great photo of the beaver too!
ReplyDeleteI have to correct myself on the beaver photo . It was done by my friend Judy Boyd. I have corrected it on my blog. Judy is an excellent local wildlife photographer who lends me pictures from time to time.
DeleteRed I think that's fantastic the brother and sister put such a stipulation in the sale of their property, hopefully the oil company won't forget about it in years to come.
ReplyDeleteI would think this would continue as naturalists are very supportive of the facility.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy these cams...thank you for posting the link!
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This one's been a bit of a bummer as it's been set up before and didn't work too well. I hope it works this time.
DeleteHi Red - This is wonderful. We have so many beavers in this area and when out this past weekend, noticed a new dam built in the past few weeks. I love watching the beavers and saw a new little fellow swim right by my feet on Saturday. Just a young beaver. We can sit for hours in the canoe and watch - there is something just soooooo right about passing time this particular way. Beautiful - great post.
ReplyDeleteWe have a foot bridge near by and of course a beaver dam . People spend some good time watching the beavers from the bridge.
DeleteNo action on the beaver cam but I'll keep watching! We have lots of beavers around here but they are always sending in people to trap the ones that dam up the river. I am always rooting for the beavers.
ReplyDeleteGood on the Ellises for bringing back bluebirds, and leaving a legacy that protects them. I usually have eastern bluebirds around the farm every year. Love them!
Last Thur they saw a muskrat come in the lodge. I hope it works this year because so many people are fascinated with web cams on animals.
ReplyDeleteWe have the Eastern and Mountain Blue Bird here but mostly Eastern.
That's wonderful work the Ellis family has done for the critters in their area.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of nature watch cams but I'm so hesitant to actually watch for fear I'd never do anything else.
We see much evidence of beavers at work around Frank's area.. many broken trees with that tale-tell slanted cut. We've spotted them a couple of times but not as often as I'd like. Nifty creatures.. thanks for sharing.
Yes it was a good move and the board looking after it has worked well.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to web cams , I'm like a little kid. I need immediate feed back!
We aren't far from a ravine that has a very active beaver population.
Hi Red - just replying to your comment left on my blog. Thank you soooo much for the story. I can only think how thrilling and scary this adventure must have been. As I watched the video myself, I was just amazed. I am so happy to hear that you shared this adventure and thankyou for that. Have a great day.
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