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📸Cameras & Camera Software => Camera General Discussion => Topic started by: ed on November 25, 2004, 08:43:36 AM

Title: Camera for use in bird houses
Post by: ed on November 25, 2004, 08:43:36 AM

We love our back yard birds. Bird houses are
within 200' of main building. We would like
to place a small camera in a bird house to
watch the small birds develope. Any
suggestions on what equipment would work.

Title: Re: Camera for use in bird houses
Post by: Darkstar on December 09, 2004, 10:42:01 AM

 If you don't have a means of getting power
to the X10 in the birdhouse, then use thier
battery pack. You can save battery life by
turning the camera off when not in use.

Title: Re: Camera for use in bird houses
Post by: don on May 18, 2005, 09:08:02 AM

ED, did you ever get your camera to work in
the birdhouse? If so, please give details.

Title: Re: Camera for use in bird houses
Post by: Master Splinter on May 24, 2005, 11:05:14 PM

You might want to put the camera on the
floor of the bird house as a liner.  Then
you can throw it away with the newspaper.

Title: Re: Camera for use in bird houses
Post by: Terry Morris on May 30, 2005, 03:25:31 AM

Just a note for anybody thinking of doing this, I tried
something very similar by putting the battery operated
camera in a tree and pointing it at a feeding dish. The
birds would not go anywhere near the tree while the
camera was on, they seam to be able to sense the radio
waves or something, if I left the camera but turned it off
they would feast in droves but if I turned on the camera
no birds would come at all.