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By Lorraine • Oct 9th, 2009 • Category: Dig in, Techniques9. BirdCam
“Look at the birdie!” has never had more meaning. While roaming the exhibit hall for new gardening products at the 2009 Garden Writers Symposium in Raleigh, North Carolina, I found a great bird-watching gadget. The Audubon BirdCam actually lets you capture images of the birds that visit your backyard feeder. This weather-resistant outdoor camera can be strapped to a nearby tree trunk, mounted on a tripod or clamped to the pole that holds your birdfeeder. Then, as birds visit the feeder, their motion triggers the camera, and voilá, you have a gallery of photos that can be downloaded to a computer or viewed on a television screen.
The PlantCam is a similar product that clicks and stitches together pictures of your garden and its plants as they grow, providing a time-lapse view as flowers open, seedlings grow or bulbs pop out of the ground. Hmm, maybe this is just what I need in my basement to monitor the seedlings that invariably succumb to crop failure of some sort due to my neglect. The PlantCam would operate just like a baby monitor, telling me when plants are crying out for water!
Has anyone used either of these products?
Cardinal photo by audreyjm529 at Flickr
Lorraine is a garden writer and Master Gardener.
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Moultrie is a wonderful, high end brand digital camera for bird watchers or wildlife watchers.Not sure if you have had the occasion to survey this one or not..Tree or tripod mount for video streaming in any outdoor setting…You can see some of their selections on my store site if this interests you..@ http://hortserv.flyingcart.com .
I hope this info sheds more light on your interest.
Sincerely
Chet
Nice bird watching tool, I’ve never seen something like that before. The guy who invented had to be very clever.
I gave one to friends for Christmas and am anxiously awaiting their reports on how effective it is in capturing avian antics!