MANTON BAY – MAY 2019

MIKE How did you use the magnifier because difficult to see if all are taking fish

Morning Mike and Patily

33 has just arrived mantling. Maya stops feeding and covers the chicks and 33 flies off.

Edit:  Patily, the magnifier is within settings/ease of access.  You can adjust settings there to get what zoom you wish.    Hot keys - "win key" & "+" (plus sign) turns it on and "win key" & "esc" turns it off.     

Good morning all, I’ve been watching since 5am and missed the fish delivery, I thought it was a bit of dawn light trickery.

Gardenbirder interesting points you’ve made and I’m mulling them......

NB - Beware selective quoting, always read the original post !!! ;)

GARDENBIRDER analysed the cam situation and wondered: "...should we be grateful there is any camera there at all...?"

I don't want you to think that you haven't been appreciated, GB ;)

I feel that it's the usual complement of staff that we're missing, we'd be fine with zooms.  Why not leave the top cam on zoom while the bottom one covers the wider view?  (I know it doesn't cover what the full-view top one does, but it would do.)  Maybe there's a good reason :-/

33 has just return and flies off with the fish

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My views on the current situation all round at Manton Bay are best not published.

I second that Mike.

However I would add that I am grateful for views and do not think there is any need for new equipment simply just utilised to its full potential ie zoomed in as it has been done in previous years.

Thanks for the Hot Key tips Karen. Learn something new every day!!

That's what we all do Mike - help each other.

Honestly, what a brilliant idea this was of yours. I found I had to set my capture region first - another hot key for me to find LOL but working great. :-)