BIG Owl on my Trail

[Terri Underhill]

I built this last year for the Barred owls. Barn owls will use it as well.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Nice box! I couldn't cut a straight piece of wood with a robot and a laser, so I bought mine from the Ojai Raptor Center:

Barn Owl Box — Ojai Raptor Center

Entice a pair of barn owls to nest in one of our barn owl boxes at your home or on your property and encourage natural rodent control. Make sure you have a good place to hang your barn owl box before purchasing. Dimensions are 24” x 24” x 16.5”. Installation is not included. Click here

www.ojairaptorcenter.org

 

[Terri Underhill]

Here is everything you need to know about attracting barn owls

Barn Owl - NestWatch

NestWatch

nestwatch.org

 

[TheWaterbug]

Here is everything you need to know about attracting barn owls

Barn Owl - NestWatch

NestWatch

nestwatch.org

Thanks!

 

[MrRobinHood]

I built this last year for the Barred owls. Barn owls will use it as well.

Before I zoomed in on the lumber cutout diagram, I thought it was going to be a floor plan. I was thinking man, this barn own has a more rooms in his box than my apartment!

 

[TheWaterbug]

I now have 3 cameras watching this trail, so here's an experiment with 3 camera angles, although I've botched the transition a bit, and Cam 2 slides twice instead of just once:

 

[TheWaterbug]

And 2 big, fat raccoons!!!

 

[Terri Underhill]

I put my Amcrest turret cam up yesterday for my nesting Great horned owls! Iam elated about my great footage of my owls this morning. I'm not sure how to set the audio settings yet. Here's this morning's videos. The Dahua is by my roof eve and the second is the Amcrest turret cam looking down into the barrel. The male flies in first and the male does some gular calls, and you can hear the female calling from afar. The male's hoot is much lower sounding than the female. The female joins him on the barrel rim, and they hoot back and forth. Then the male flies off. Here's the Dahua: and here's the Amcrest turret cam: enjoy! Here's my live view cams- www.okiebirdcam.com

 

[TheWaterbug]

Very nice owls!! I wish I had some!

 

[TheWaterbug]

Here are my two raccoons again.

02:10 he "prairie-dogs" twice, for reasons unknown.
02:31 a rabbit runs across the top of the video, from inside the paddock, up the hill

 

[TheWaterbug]

I now have 3 cameras watching this trail, so here's an experiment with 3 camera angles, although I've botched the transition a bit, and Cam 2 slides twice instead of just once:

Fixed!! The opossum is significantly less motion-sick, now:

 

[Mike A.]

You've got that set up pretty well now.

Which cams are you using there again? The Amcrest 5MP?

 

[TheWaterbug]

TrailUp and TrailDown are IP5M-T1179EW-28MM. LowerStair is IP5M-B1186EW-28MM. I bought a few of the bullets before I figured out that they don't have audio

 

[Mike A.]

Thought so but wasn't sure. Those Amcrest cams are better than the specs would suggest. I have a couple too. For the money you really can't beat them.

 

[TheWaterbug]

This coyote identifies as male

 

[TheWaterbug]

Thought so but wasn't sure. Those Amcrest cams are better than the specs would suggest. I have a couple too. For the money you really can't beat them.

Firmware needs work. My eyeballs need daily rebooting or else they become unresponsive. My latest camera is unresponsive even after rebooting it twice. I may have to do a factory reset

 

[Mike A.]

Yeah, I've seen some others say they have various problems with them. Mine have been fine as far as that kind of thing goes. Not a single issue that I can remember. Cheap cams, QA/QC may not be all that great. Image-wise they're good.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Yeah, I've seen some others say they have various problems with them. Mine have been fine as far as that kind of thing goes. Not a single issue that I can remember. Cheap cams, QA/QC may not be all that great. Image-wise they're good.

Oh, for sure. Despite their minor issues, I keep buying them

 

[lulu5kamz]

This coyote identifies as male

I like the end where they both just vanish into thin air. Spooky

 

[TheWaterbug]

Oh, for sure. Despite their minor issues, I keep buying them

I just bought units 6-9 of this model, so yeah, I keep buying them.