Well this is one of those unusual projects,that I started a while ago.These 'home brew' trail cameras are used all over the world by wildlife spotters.A kit is purchased from U.S,and they are well thought out and made,the box is a pelican style case,it comes with holes drilled,bit of glass,circuit board and all the bits.The cameras used are Sony S600's old style cameras circa 2007,these are picked up on ebay etc.The hack can be done by yourself.But thankfully there is a chap that does them in Victoria-he has not lost a patient in over 200 opps-so for $30 I got him to do.A 'python lock' is purchased to attach to tree.After gluing all the bits together and getting bugs ironed out,and some help for IIS members that visit during new moon nights.It was time to learn how to us in the field.
Took me a while to get use to them,and still doing so,the FOV is much wider than regular trail cameras.Will learn to fiddle with settings a bit more.These cameras have collected some great images from others using,and the chap in Victoria that does the hacks,has done some for a person in NSW that has tiger quolls on his property-they are a very rare native animal.I heard a few months ago some results were coming in.
Unfortunately,not tiger quolls on my cams.But I did manage this clever female dingo,seen her over the years here-always this curly tail,she has a bit of age,and grown wise and clever-but for one moment on the new moon weekend past at 1.02 am my camera got this capture,then in the morning some of her pups-they even had a nap!
other images of camera and location etc.Hope these are of interest.
Thanks Andrew and Morton.Yes-its an interesting project,and quite a learning curve.I felt the first results were ok,but wanted better,so changed a few things about,and late last week captured 2 pups from last years drop.
The camera was much lower to the ground.Hope these are of interest.I was aiming to capture a wedge tail eagle image,but pleased with these results.
