This spring has featured only one trip, to Washington State in May. Around home, the bluebirds, meadowlarks and deer make frequent appearances in the back yard. I used a trailcam to keep track of a bluebird couple scoping out my new birdhouse.

These images are of varying quality. The best ones are when I was able to bust out my DSLR and big 500mm lens. The Browning trailcams do a hideous job of image processing, but I got images I couldn't get without spending every daylight moment in the yard with the DSLR. The Reconyx trailcams have better image quality than the Brownings, but didn't seem sensitive enough to get the little birds so for now they are just tracking the deer and fox that traverse the yard. Click on one of the images to start the slide show at that point.

Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird on trailcam

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