Dodge!!! I guess that spilled the beans about how often you've looked in on Cedar Hill! Tsk Tsk... You've missed lots of pretty birds, Cindy swears she saw my behind on camera one day (says its a "nice sss"...
if thats true, she would have LOVED it 30 years ago...) You missed me "deleting" my laptop in the middle of the driveway after an argument with MS...
You missed a whole heard of Kidlets and the Cedar Hill Express tour train this weekend ...
Heck... one day I even captured a pix of the now
extinct Silver Crowned Ocicciphillania!
Well, okay...I guess since you finally looked in on the bird garden, you are forgiven... but you missed out on a lot and you should click the cam now and then! You might be one of a dozen people who EVER get to see an Ocicciphillania, or the three who ever see me live.
To answer your question, I did get a new camera... I didn't like it at all...
I bought another new camera... clear pix but bad color so I bought new software to use it. (for the four people who occasionally look at the cam link and for Cindy who dedicated an entire computer monitor system to keep a constant eye on CH?
(I told you, you won't see that on this cam Cindy, its on the other one!) For now, I am content the new camera but the zoom, track and pan features are useless because when I zoom in on a distant feeder everything becomes unrecognizable blurrz, and the captures don't archive so I don't even get to see what I missed.
Tomorrow my wireless provider is upgrading and moving the receiver, then hard wiring my connection directly to my desk. Then I'll be able to (eventually and gradually) set up a wireless net over most of Cedar Hill which will allow me to add multiple (6-12) wireless cams right at the Robin's nests, bird feeders, secret gardens, my new deer feeding station, Fred's shed, my mountain, etc. and I'll have the ability to switch between the monitored areas. My guests with wireless capabilities on their computers will be able to connect to the net with ease from almost anywhere on the hill.
Have you noticed how everything seems to be based on eventually at Cedar Hill? That's because I have way too many projects going and the list keeps
growing, but
eventually most of them will get get finished in a short period of time.
Eventually, :/ I will have a streaming, live video set up so you can see all the action that you've missed in between the still pix that are captured every 2-5 minutes, and you will see areas you have never seen before. Check the web cam every day or so... you might see things you have never seen before! You might be one of the very few people who will
ever see an Ocicciphillania. You might even see me in shorts someday! OK... no biggie there, I know,
but... I heard rumors that Cindy will pay big bucks for the right shot of your favorite
gnome! (that's just rumors from the back room tho...
)
(BTW... I started this reply 4 hours ago, but company... phone... phone... company... more company... another margarita... phone (for my company) so if it seems choppy and my spelling and grammar is slightly off.... sorry, but at least I will have it finished when I hit submit! (after copying it, just in case)