Sunday, March 11, 2012

SHANAHAN'S MOUNTAIN TRAIL CAMERA RESULTS


Two weeks ago I set a trail camera out at Shanahan's Mountain for a test. My plan was to leave it there a few days on what looked to be well worn animal trails. Unfortunately as Canberra residents know we have been inundated with rain the past few weeks causing the closure of the Territory's mountain roads.

This was no real problem as the Camera is weatherproof and can run for up to six months off 8 AA batteries. The camera was set to take two photos in quick succession followed by 10 seconds of video and then the camera resets after 1 minute. This really was a test as I've never operated one before.

Someone asked me the other day if I was concerned about somebody finding and stealing the camera. I had a bit of a chuckle because I didn't know really after two weeks if I could find it again myself. The unit is small, it fits in my hand so it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Also I'm confident that there are not many walkers who will stray off the walking track to find it by chance anyway.

The results... all up there were over 40 activations but the results showed a few birds and a red necked wallaby who hung around a while during one daytime. There was only one activation at night but I can't see what did it in the video. The clip is included in the video below and you may see something I can't.

I can only assume the weather played a big part in the exercise. With hundreds of millimetres of rain I imagine most self respecting marsupials would be hunkered down for the duration...

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5 comments:

  1. Bob McMarch 12, 2012 at 5:25 AM

    Good set. Great to see footage of wildlife from different places around the world. We don't see many wallabies around here. :)

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    1. David R. ReidMarch 12, 2012 at 11:18 AM

      Could have been better Bob but for the rain. It bucketed down for days.

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  2. KeithMarch 13, 2012 at 1:33 PM

    Good one Dave, I love watching your videos from your trail cams.
    Just as a matter of interest, because I know nothing about these deices, but there is one made to watch farm gates for security purposes. I just thought it might be worth your while checking one out.
    Regards, Keith.
    http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/

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    1. David R. ReidMarch 13, 2012 at 1:41 PM

      I keep forgetting to hit the reply button underneath the comment Keith. Comes up as a new comment if I don't.

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  3. David R. ReidMarch 13, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    Thanks Keith... I had a look around and the farm security and trail cameras do pretty much the same thing. The only consideration was price. This one was fairly inexpensive but seems to do the job :) Cheers Dave

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