Michigan Woman Sets Up Homemade ‘Feeder Cam’ to Capture Close-Ups of Birds in Yard

A German native who moved to Michigan was so taken with the local bird life that she installed a camera at the bird feeder in her yard. She soon amassed volumes of incredible photos, showcasing an insider view into the worlds of her feathered friends. Macomb County resident Lisa, 43, goes by “Ostdrossel” on social media. A translator and subtitler by trade and, until lately, “never much of a birdwatcher,” she started experimenting with a DSLR when she grasped the diversity of birds around her new environs. “I think the first birds that I noticed here were blue jays, goldfinches, house finches, and cardinals,” Lisa told The Epoch Times. “All of them are rather vibrant in a way that you don’t really see in nature in Germany. It surprised me, because they looked like something from the zoo at first, but they were everywhere.” Underwhelmed by the results of her …

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