Trail Camera Noise: Part 1 — Clicks
This post examines noise made by some types of trail cameras to understand which models are more likely to be heard by animals.
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How (some) Trail Cameras Fail
Pink panther caused by stuck IR filter. In this post I look at common camera trap failures, their causes, and fixes.
Continue reading →Using an Acoustic Logger to Capture Wildlife Sounds
Acoustic loggers are like camera traps, but record only high definition sound. Example of coyote howling, bat feeding buzz and instructions for configuring AudioMoth acoustic logger and processing files.
Continue reading →The Art of the Treeless Set
Treeless set for Camera trap set up in prairie habitat. Camera attached to stump root ball
Continue reading →Camera Trapping Bats with an Acoustic Trigger
An acoustic trigger is the key to capturing camera trap photos of bats in flight — as close as your backyard
Continue reading →Building a DSLR Camera Trap: Part 1 – Design Elements
A camera trap based on a DSLR camera can take better photos than standard camera traps. This post describes the key elements in making one.
Continue reading →Are My New Batteries Really New?
In a recent post on thermal runaway, I gave the advice of always using “well matched” batteries. One way to do this is to use new batteries, then continue to use these batteries as a set. But this assumes the … Continue reading →
Ants in the Trail Camera
Trail Cameras seem to make great nesting spots for ants. How and why to they get in? And once they’re in, how can we get them out?
Continue reading →Runaway Trail Cameras
We recently had several cameras runaway — that is, take thousands of photos, sometimes exhausting the SD card, at maximum rate, with no apparent trigger. Here is the likely culprit, and some ways to avoid this event in the future
Continue reading →Butt Shots in Camera Trapping: Causes and Fixes
We all put trail cameras up with hopes of capturing the perfectly framed face shot of a panther, or bobcat, or fox. With these great expectations, we download images from SD cards left months in the field, only to discover perfectly framed photos of the derrieres — the infamous “butt shot!”
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