FANTASTIC WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS
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Do you have any Tawny Owls?
Thank you Bonjour, any questions as regards the camera, please don’t hesitate to ask. Living in the countryside, we have regular nightly visits from Tawny Owls, love their calls, but never managed to get a photo though.
Thank you Twinkle, my camera and card arrived yesterday, I am waiting for the battery to charge up. Not sure if I will use the wifi though and have to work out if I can transfer the photos without it.
I may resort to reading the instructions if all else fails.
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No problem, just remove the memory card from the camera. Although you will need a card reader to transfer files to your computer. I’m sure you will enjoy your new camera and good luck with the learning curve.
I am about to set the cameras up.
How often do you check them and how often do you charge the batteries please? Thanks
Bonjour – I never read the instructions unless I have too! This frustrates Mr P no end.
Bonjour, I check the camera daily. The battery will go many days without a charge. The camera informs you of the battery charge level. Good luck.
There is one sad downside in the use of a wildlife camera that I never anticipated. You get so used to seeing beautiful pictures and videos of regular visitors, especially the roe deer, which you can’t help but give names. On Sunday the hunting season started here with the sound of dogs and gunfire. You can’t help thinking of those personalised friends and hope they are ok.
I played back the footage. It was only me.
Well done, a unique specimen.
I have now managed to capture a wild animal on the wildlife camera.
A Roe Deer at 0320, a little far away 12 metres or so, staring at the camera for about 10 seconds before running away at full speed. The cameras both still showed 100 per cent battery after 4 days.
Excellent, so pleased you had a result. Those Lithion Ion batteries are amazing.
Thanks, Twinkle, what have you found the best height to set the cameras please? I initially want to see what animals are present on the land.
I mount the camera on a 50cm fishing bank stick. I had to buy a pack of different size adaptors from Amazon to connect the two together. I’m glad I learnt how to use the wi-fi as it enables me to transfer files without touching the camera. It’s also great for seeing the camera view on your smartphone. I also look for well trodden animal trails, which needless to say, give the best results. I also prefer to set the camera to take pictures, as well as videos. Watch out for the high sensitivity setting, as windy conditions will cause branches, grasses, etc to activate the camera.
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As you know I will not post about my trip to Oz on a forum posting because I feel it would be insensitive in the light of what Jivedance is going through but I am so excited about the wildlife I saw during my adventure that I thought it might be acceptable to just share here with other wildlife posters some of the sightings.
Two resident possums in the garden were a joy to see on an evening as they left their boxes carrying their babies on their backs
I saw at different times in different locations a long-necked turtle, a bob-tailed lizard, dolphins playing in the surf, kangaroos (of course!), emus, a colony of nesting ibis, blue fairy wrens, red tail birds, red-winged fairy wrens, black cockatoos, butcher bird, silver eye bird and probably many more that I have forgotten until I read my journal. Singing magpies came every morning to be hand-fed a few morsels.
I saw a whole variety of wild orchids too – enamel orchids that just looked as though they had been cast in enamel, cowslip orchids, so pretty, donkey orchids which looked just like a pair of donkey ears and many more.
In Singapore, in the Botanical Gardens I saw a family of otters as they crossed from lake to lake.
Some time in the future I will post some photos.
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