Twoo is That Visiting?

I have recently changed all my surveillance / security cameras to a wi-fi setup. One camera now points towards the bird table and, as with all of them, is set to record when anything in its sight moves. This morning I checked the recordings from this camera and was surprised to see an owl had landed on top of the bird table.



I have seen a mouse scurrying about in that area in the past so I guess that is what attracted the owl.

Now I can see how much the camera covers I intend to increase the number of bird feeders in that area. The wi-fi cameras are connected to their own base station which is also a recorder. Real time coverage can be watched on a monitor and any movement is automatically recorded. Unfortunately it didn't seem to detect the moment the owl flew away.

Copying the saved file to a USB stick is easy. Unfortunately the version of .avi used is unrecognised by all but one of the Mac video player apps I have. That app doesn't have the facility to convert videos to another format. In the end I have to use Quick Time Player to screen record while Total Video Player played the .avi! Even the Mac version of HandBrake didn't recognise that video format.
P.S. Finally found a new version of HandBrake which does the job.

Time for a Drink

After sampling the free meal in the Hedgehog House this hog has a drink from the part frozen pools in the old garden pond waterfall:



Near then end of the second clip the hedgehog's foot breaks through the thin layer of ice.

The title screen shows a beautifully illustrated bone china mug I bought on line from CJ Wildlife.

While Humans Sleep

Some more video clips from the trail cameras with a cameo appearance from the four legged boss.



I set up a camera inside the hedgehog house to video one feeding. It worked - but - suddenly the interference, video distortion, I was having last Summer has started again. It seems to be a 100Hz constant signal of some sort. Very puzzling. It is affecting three out of five cameras which are powered from 12V power supply wall warts. I will try running the 'feeding' camera from a 12V battery to see whether that clears things up. If it does then there is a fair chance the problem is transmitted through the mains supply. Strange that it hasn't shown up at all throughout the Winter.