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Conundrum

Sigh… today’s results were so-so… We’ve had a bit of wet weather lately, so traffic to the water bowl was modest, also I’ve been fiddling with the camera angle, which resulted in shots with difficult shade and sunlight. Please bear with me while I get our stuff together…
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The Set Up

I expect to leave the camera out 24 hours a day in all conditions and clearly, it needed a stand. A conventional tripod would need to be weatherproof and pretty solid…

So in the tradition of my late father, I made my own from scraps of wood and fitted the camera to it with a $12 security camera mount. The camera itself is waterproof, so we’re all set to go!

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The Camera

Camera

So I took a small step towards becoming a bird watcher. I discovered a large range of low cost wildlife cameras on Amazon and bought one for around AU$100.

It uses motion detection to take still shots and/or short MP4 video clips. It even works at night. More about its features (and shortcomings) in a later dispatch of Blaxland Birds