Wildlife Camera, Once Again

I think our wildlife camera is beginning to show it’s age. The sensor seems wonky, and the battery life (even on fully charged batteries) seems dismal.

I put it out on the back patio 6 days ago, and only 4 photographs were taken. Three of them contained nothing of interest, but the fourth was this:

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I love it!

That said, it may be time to look into getting a new camera…

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One Response to “Wildlife Camera, Once Again”

  1. Bernard says:
    May 10, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    You need to get a cheap webcam, a small Linux PC and install motion (software to detect motion).

    Motion can detect movement across a sequence of frames and capture images and video only when that movement exceeds a certain threshold. You can save time-lapse video as well. And you could plug in multiple cameras and have them monitor all around the house.

    It might not be as easy to setup and use as your wildlife camera, but it’s pretty amazing what you could do with some free software and a few hundred dollars of hardware.