Hungry birds! Photographer captures incredible images of feathered friends snacking at her backyard bird feeder

By HOLDEN WALTER-WARNER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 11:58 EST, 6 March 2021 | UPDATED: 11:58 EST, 6 March 2021

• Ostdrossel has been taking pictures of birds in her Michigan backyard for several years now
• Her homemade bird feeder helps attract a wide variety of birds to her property, where the camera is hidden
• In addition to the stunning bird pictures, Ostdrossel also has a livestream for birdwatchers on her website 

A photographer has been using a hidden camera inside her bird feeder to capture stunning, close-up photos of a variety of different feathered visitors. 

The photographer, who only shared her name as Lisa and goes by Ostdrossel on Instagram, has been taking pictures of the birds that visit her Michigan backyard for years.

The German immigrant puts her action camera out on a daily basis, which allows her to capture the behavior of the birds who are unaware of the lurking lens. Monitoring the birds also allows Lisa to track migration patterns over the seasons as birds fly north or south for the winter.

Some of the birds she has captured recently include an oriole, a mourning dove, and a northern cardinal – while a cheeky squirrel was also snapped sneaking some food from the feeder.

Lisa has submitted some of her pictures to the 2021 National Wildlife Photo Contest.

She uses a Birdsy hidden camera and also posts her images on the Birdsy video platform that helps capture bird visits and organizes sightings by date and by creature.

 This large rose-breasted grosbeak seems to be sniffing out where Ostdrossel has placed her camera to capture the bird

 In this case, the Baltimore oriole is not out swinging a baseball bat, but standing over what should be a delicious snack

 Another baseball bird, a blue jay, wasn’t going to let the cold and snow stop it from finding the bird feeder

 This bird may be known as a common grackle, but there’s nothing common about the intimidating stance it’s taking

 This bird is having a judgment about the camera it probably doesn’t see, giving the lens a peculiar staredown

Sometimes Ostdrossel gets two birds for the price of one shot, as was the case with these American robins

 This woodpecker isn’t attached to a tree, but it looks ready to start pecking away at a piece of wood at any moment

 This eastern bluebird better not be a shy eater, as Ostdrossel captured the bird at the moment of a munching

 The northern cardinal is one of the more eye-popping birds, with a deep red hue of feathers covering its body

 The mourning dove is one of the most common birds in North America, but the close-up remains stunning nonetheless

 This might be the scariest bird Ostdrossel has captured with her camera – the squirrel bird