So one of the major projects (did I mention this before?) going on here at the park is developing a series of podcasts about different aspects of the park which will ultimately be available on the park's website as well as the NPS section of ITunes. My current (first of many, probably) is about Utah Prairie Dogs and, in the introduction, there will be a brief mention of park wildlife including birds, naturally. Yesterday morning I shot a little video of the Western Bluebirds coming to their nest to feed the young (who I had guessed hatched weeks ago based upon adult behaviors, but boy was I totally wrong). It's less than a minute and I cut about 25 seconds between appearance by them. The first to pop into view is the female followed by the male. Unfortunately my camera really produces a lot of background noise, plus there is traffic noise in there as well, but you can hear the chicks if you listen closely. Someday I really should look into getting an external microphone that would eliminate the motor noise coming from the camera. One thing that is a little different from previous videos is the 16:9 widescreen format which we'll be using on the park's podcasts.

Not much to it really; they fly in, feed, then depart for more tasty bugs, all rather quickly. Enjoy . . .