In this post, I describe several enhancements I have added to the Browning Timelapse mode to enable a broader set of applications. These enhancements are available for Browning Edge, Elite-HP4, and Elite-HP5 trail cameras
Continue reading →Knowing the detection zone pattern can help produce more “true triggers” and fewer “false triggers.” In an earlier post Deep Tech: Trail Camera PIR Sensors I covered some of the details of PIR sensors. Based on feedback from subscribers, though, I realized that I had missed some subtle aspects of the Fresnel lens optics and detection zones for PIR sensors. In this post, I look more closely at trail camera detection zones, and how they work. I also give a straightforward way to find the detection zones in most cameras. I use this method to measure the detection zones for three camera models.
Continue reading →One of the challenges facing the homebrew DSLR camera trapper is finding a good trigger sensor. In this post, I describe a system for using a commercial trail camera to trigger a DSLR camera.
Continue reading →An acoustic trigger is the key to capturing camera trap photos of bats in flight — as close as your backyard
Continue reading →As you may have guessed, if you follow this blog, I have been traveling out West quite frequently for the past year since the publication of my first book. The reason is that I’m planning to write a western edition … Continue reading →
Winter is a good time for camera trapping pileated woodpeckers, because the birds usually return to feed at carpenter ant infested trees discovered the previous summer. It’s thought that the birds find ant colonies by sound, but they can do … Continue reading →
Strictly speaking, a coyote rendezvous site refers to an above ground home site that a family uses in summer or fall, when the pups are too big and too active for a den, but not yet old enough to accompany … Continue reading →
A deer scrape is a scenting area where the animals scrape their hoofs on the ground and chew, mouth, or nose the end of a thin, low, overhanging branch. They sometimes urinate on the scrape, allowing the urine to run … Continue reading →
I enjoyed giving this camera trapping presentation at the 2016 Northeast Wildlife Trackers Conference. It was wonderful to connect with so many enthusiastic naturalists! Some of the participants at my workshop requested a copy of my slides, so here’s the … Continue reading →
Woodchucks (Marmota monax) have sweat glands near the corners of the mouth which emit a pungent odor. The animals are well known to rub their cheeks on trees, roots, and stones near the den, thus depositing their scent. Groundhogs often … Continue reading →
