Trail Cam, Nest Cam etc. Wildlife Photos and Videos

[Nomad64]

Haha rapid retreat there. Would that have been the shutter noise from the pics that spooked him? The bushnell shutter is loud enough to spook most animals. Another reason I use video more.

I don’t think shutter noise is an issue - I’ve never noticed it at all and my camera is set to 2 x stills then 20s video.

There is a dull reddish glow from the LEDs which does get some animals to look at the camera and most just ignore it - this one is obviously a bit camera shy!

 

[Broch]

Brilliant; must get mine back out!

 

[Nomad64]

Brock is definitely getting bolder!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/30865846@N02/41607481152/in/dateposted/

 

[Sundowner]

I had mine out for the last 2 nights. First night I failed to switch it on properly (an age thing) but managed this last night, just a field across from the house in the "far" dene.
Forgot to turn off the date stamp

 

[Nomad64]

I’ve trapped a few rats this week and decided to use them as bait for the trail cam.

I left four carcasses on fence posts with the camera on one. The camera was pointing a bit too low and the still shots missed but here is a still from the video of what I think is a rook (I’m not good with IDing the bigger corvids) coming to claim its prize.



The traps yielded more bait last night and I’ll try again today.

And yes I know the fence needs fixing but that one is not as bad as the one I am replacing today!

 

[Nomad64]

Another visitor to my rodent buffet!

 

[Sundowner]

Had the cam fixed last night. About 2 mins walk from the house and I got this blighter. I prefer videos but must have pressed the wrong button

 

[brancho]

Not a trail cam but a couple of videos I took while out shooting macro shots insects. I often take a telephoto zoom in case I see something like some dear..

This a roe dear buck I stumbled across while out taking macro shots of insects. I stepped into the open and and it was between 10 and 20 metres away. I even had to change lenses stood in the open to shoot this.

 

[Sundowner]

Here's another one of last night. Been hoping to get one of these for some time even edited it to show it in slow motion

 

[Sundowner]

And another one of last night. Last one for now as both trail cam and laptop tell me that there's a card error.

 

[Nomad64]

And another one of last night. Last one for now as both trail cam and laptop tell me that there's a card error.

Mine sometimes plays up when the card starts to get fullish - I find hitting the ‘format” button sorts things out but you will of course lose any unsaved shots or vids.

Good luck!

 

[Sundowner]

Thanks mate. I always format after deleting. But now it can't even detect the card. I don't like these mini sd cards in those sd adapters.

 

[Trig]

Some great photos in here.
Been considering getting one or two of the cheap ones for checking out an area near me.

If set up near a nest/nest box, are they potentially going to scare anything away? Is there a general rule on how close you should be?
Thinking on a tree opposite should be fine, but not sure if the addition of a strange new item nearby causes problems for anything.

 

[Sundowner]

I've had the eye of a deer looking right at the lens. No probs. Don't know about birds though. But then again I had a bluejay sitting right next to the cam filming it's wing and beak

 

[Trig]

Yeah, i guess the biggest disturbance is from being there and putting the camera up and checking on it.

Ended up buying 2 of the crenovo ones. Its a pity Amazon is fairly efficient and dispatched not long after i ordered, as ive been looking at some of the others and they are a bit cheaper, and seem to be pretty much the same camera, though the crenovo do have sd cards included, so i suppose that makes up for the price diffrence anyway.

Now ive gotten around to thinking about how to disguise them from 2 legged predators. Seen a few pics and a video on youtube of people using glue and covering theirs in bark/moss etc. Looks pretty good, but may not always suit the environment.

Thinking perhaps of making a little ghillie suit type harness for attaching local debris to it once its in place, but maybe im overthinking it.
Anyone do anything along these lines?

 

[Sundowner]

Yeah, i guess the biggest disturbance is from being there and putting the camera up and checking on it.

Ended up buying 2 of the crenovo ones. Its a pity Amazon is fairly efficient and dispatched not long after i ordered, as ive been looking at some of the others and they are a bit cheaper, and seem to be pretty much the same camera, though the crenovo do have sd cards included, so i suppose that makes up for the price diffrence anyway.

Now ive gotten around to thinking about how to disguise them from 2 legged predators. Seen a few pics and a video on youtube of people using glue and covering theirs in bark/moss etc. Looks pretty good, but may not always suit the environment.

Thinking perhaps of making a little ghillie suit type harness for attaching local debris to it once its in place, but maybe im overthinking it.
Anyone do anything along these lines?

My cheap trail cam is of the light gathering variety. No matter what, as it lights the moving object, it will be detected. There's also a red flashing light when in operation during day light. Only protection I have is a password. Not good against theft though!!
I have permission of the landowner and on the plus side, others have infrared cams in the area so I will have an idea who's been around at any particular time.

 

[Trig]

Got them on monday. Smaller than they looked online,which is good. Though the front leds do glow red at night when taking a picture or videoing, so probably easy to see in the dark.
I covered one in an old green midge net stuck with some sticky velcro, and cut some holes in it for attaching twigs etc. The netting itself fairly helped to make it blend in, broke up the outline so you cant see the square edges easily.

Just went a walk and set them up, though i think i turned one on and forgot to enter the password before closing it up again, so im not sure if that will record anything. Thats lesson 1 learnt.
Lesson 2 is trying to set up on a hawthorn tree isnt easy.

 

[Trig]

Alright, just collected them.

Lesson 3 is that humans are not the only creatures which will interfere with your cameras.
Got them on camera just before it was taken out, but i suspect picking them out in a lineup could be difficult. https://imgur.com/0CCklFw

 

[Sundowner]

Alright, just collected them.

Lesson 3 is that humans are not the only creatures which will interfere with your cameras.
Got them on camera just before it was taken out, but i suspect picking them out in a lineup could be difficult. https://imgur.com/0CCklFw

Ahhh. The rarely seen and reclusive British Buffalo

 

[Trig]

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Got a few pics and videos from the cameras now, bit hit and miss sometimes. Seems quite a slow delay from things entering the cameras sight to actually recording. Though i have it set to photo and video mode, so it seems as if it takes a picture first then triggers the video mode causing 2 or 3 seconds delay. May try video only.

Is there a recommended size for posting images on the forum?