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Posted by konrad___far_north (My Page) on Sun, Jun 27, 10 at 1:45
| With a cheap, used Sony Cibershot camera, home brew, hooked up on a motion control board, all put inside a pelican case, watertight, you can let them out for day's and see what you caught....it's fun!
Male Yellow bellied Sapsucker
Female
Skunk
Cedar Waxing on the Honey berries
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Downy Woodpecker..
Konrad
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| I always love your pictures! Now may I ask you ....do I see nestboxes mounted on trees? Are they Wood Duck, Woodpecker or Owl boxes? I know you wouldn't mount song bird boxes on trees right? |
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| Love the way the sapsucker looks imposed upon. Wonderful pictures. |
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Gorgeous! :D
I especially love the cedar waxwing.
Looks like your skunk is a nursing mother. :) |
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Thank you all!
Lisa, the large barn- red box is for Owl & Woodpecker...never got anything yet, the white one's are
for Tree Swallows. Blooming, yes, I think she has young one's under my shed. Here she is coming out..
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A nice Portrait of a Baltimore Oriole today,...just out of
the Camera, not edited. 
Konrad |
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| Hey Konrad, Ive had a Wood Duck box for 3 years now, I guess would work for Owls or the larger Woodpeckers. All I get in there are very happy Squirrels. I have never even seen a Wood Duck around here (the box was a gift). Have you ever visited the www.sialis.org website for cavity nesting songbirds? You can offer safer nestboxes. |
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Lisa,
Never have problems with safety, heaving the boxes 20 feet up the tree in the bush, I can see that in town it would be necessary. Konrad |
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| Actually I am on the edge of the Manistee National Forest and 30 miles from town. I am sure you have Racoons, Snakes, Chipmunks, Squirrles...other tree climbing predators that will eat eggs or hatchlings. Don't remember if you have House Wrens or House Sparrows there but I need to protect my boxes from them too....even way out here in the woods. My boxes are 6ft up on poles with baffels (for climbers) Sparrow spookered for HOSP, greased for Ants and Wasps and the Blues,Dees (everybody but TRES) get Wren guards. |
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No Raccoons, Snakes, Chipmunks, Squirrels,...should say no
Squirrels for about 3 years now, one flying Squirrel had a nest last year'
in a owl box.
So far, most gets eaten, [the fledgelings] is by the Magpies, they
just hang around the boxes and waiting for the kill,..the tree swallows
are constantly dive bombing them. Neighbor cat is a problem too. |
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Pileated Woodpecker
 White-tailed Deer
 Coyote
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| You shud give up your day job and become a wild life photographer. What beautiful shots. I would be happy to just have one like that. |
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| Wow, what a cool idea! Beautiful pics. My favorite is the cedar waxwing; love the oriole too. Thanks konrad. |
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| konrad, these pictures are just beautiful. What a terrifically fun idea!!! It must be so exciting to pull the camera down and load up the pics. You never know what you will find there, hey? I'd love to see more of what you capture! ~~Angie |
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Very jealous of that Pileated Woodpecker. I would love to see one.
I've planted lots of stuff and trying to attract cedar waxwings (and others) to my yard but it's not working so far. What kind of bushes are those? I didn't know you could turn a regular camera into a motion controlled one. What's a motion control board?
We used to have a game camera with motion detection, but it was years ago and it used this stuff call "film" lol which is a bad idea for a game camera because most of my shots were blurry or just half of an animal - and I had to wait a few days to find out what I had shots of. A digital one would be better and they're much more reasonable now than they were when I bought my camera. I should go out and buy one for my hubby for Christmas. Then I could use it. He got me a DVD player once. : ) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Game Camera ideas for Santa
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 here is one of a squirrel I have many pictures of birds and squirrels and chipmonks |
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Thank you all!
>>What kind of bushes are those? << Honeyberry or Haskap, the first one's in the season with berries
and sure it's a Waxwing Magnet! Unfortunately most commercial trail cameras don't give you satisfactory
pictures, ....perhaps some of the high end one's? I you Google for Home brew trail cameras, or Sony camera hack, there is allot you'll find
to help you out building it, Buckshot has tutorial on U tube in hacking
cameras, most are Sony's, because these work best for the build and
hack, the motion, electronic sensor board, [below] 3 wires gets hooked up from camera.
Bigfoot outdoors com. you can order from, with Fresnel etc, there are others.
 Some of my first builds..
 Some of my builds..
 
Northern flying squirrel
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| Fabulous pictures Konrad! |
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Well that makes me want a honeyberry but I've heard they don't do well in my area. It would have to be a late blooming variety.
Thanks for posting the infor on your home made motion camera. It looks complicated. I'm not putting one on this years Christmas list but when I do, I'll be sure to research the home brew ones too. My hubby and I could figure it out if we tried I think....maybe.
It's fascinating to find out what prowls around at night or when nobody's around even if the pictures aren't perfect. Our dogs have been sticking their noses under the edge of my kids' playhouse. I know something goes under there, maybe a skunk. I'd be really happy to capture a photo of a Pileated Woodpecker like you did. The map says we have them here but I've never seen one.
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| Konrad--All I can say is---"WOW, amazing pics!!!" Thank you. |
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| Very cool thread! Don't know how I missed this when you originally posted it, but I'm glad you have updated it. You certainly keep yourself busy with clever ways to observe the birds and wildlife. I really like the 2nd pic of the Waxwing and the Oriole. Do you get a lot of extraneous pics too? |
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| Thank you all! >>It looks complicated.<< You can always buy one for around 200 $ from a home builder, Buckshot is one, he backs he's cameras and will repair them if needed. >>It's fascinating to find out what prowls around at night or when nobody's around even if the pictures aren't perfect.<< Exactly, you'll always get the odd critters, also bugs and moth like
here, taking advantage of the tree sap at night, holes made from the
yellow bellied sapsucker. Not focused, but clearly visible, it was sure a surprise.
... >>Do you get a lot of extraneous pics too?<< Sure, allot get's deleted, mostly my neighbors cats. ...
On your face pictures 
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| Those photos are amazing! I used to get good shots with my Non-typical Cuddeback cam, except that after one flash the animals avoided the camera, and the quality wasn't good enough for birds! How does your camera focus? My cams did poorly in that area. |
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Thanks Rachel,
Focusing is still a bit a mystery to myself and I have asked this question
in the camera building forum but no one can answer this. Night pictures
are focused surprisingly good with the focus light turned off so the animals don't get scared, well, somebody was thinking it was the preflash, I don't think so, this would be lightening speed, not possible with a point and shoot camera, it's more like hit and miss in the auto setting I have it set to, but you can also go into manual and set the desired distance you think the wildlife might appear.
Konrad |
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| I put a camera up again, [Sony DSC-S40] I just finished for test on the suet sock. 
I didn't expect the northern flying squirrel to come, they're nocturnal
and only get to see them at night.
 
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| And a Hairy Woodpecker.. 
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| Delightful photos! That snow on the tree looks like cotton candy that escaped from a kid. The different color of eye shine reflections in night pictures is always fascinating. Claire |
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| Really cool stuff Konrad!! Love seeing your photos! |
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Thank you all!
I'm still getting surprises.. A early bird from some time ago, still a bit dark.
Common Redpoll...
 This little feisty poll chasing away a chickadee
 Blue Jay
 Magpie
 I have a camera pointed to the dead flower pot to see if I get a night
shot of a Jackrabbit eating on it, but then a bunch of Bohemian
Waxwing needing some water in a puddle.
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| Cool shots Konrad! I love seeing what you capture with your cams. |
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| Thanks Bandyzmom! Got some White Tailed Deer shots... 
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| Your pictures are great!! You live in a beautiful place! |
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Thank you Ginni...yes, I Iove it.
Snow is still around and will be a while when all melted, I put some sunflower seed down just to see what comes around, I really hoped to
see a rabbit because I have seen some prints around....no rabbit. Magpie 
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Common Redpolls 
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White tailed deer 
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Blue Jay 
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Neighbors Cat 
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| Wonderful! I can keep coming back for more cool photos! |
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| Love love love the deer shots Konrad! They have such inquisitive looks on their faces. Too cool!! Thanks for sharing, and please keep doing so!!~~Angie |
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Thank you all!
Got some more of winter pictures, this deer is walking over camera.
 
Starting to melt 
Common Redpoll 
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| HOW pretty!!!!! I love, love, love these shots. So cool to be able to see what has come through. Just beautiful! Thanks Konrad!~~Angie |
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Thank you Angie!
Think I should stop...it's getting too long...one more, Baltimore
Oriole and Yellow Bellied Sapsucker. 
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I so enjoy your pics Konrad!
It must be so much fun, seeing what you "caught" in your camera the next day. Keep those pics coming! |
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Thank you Catherine!
Yes, it's so much fun, I only do it's one's in a while...especially
on branches, allot of time when the wind blows, the movement
of the branch will activate it. Gardenweb did a good job getting rid of that spam....thank you so much! |
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| OH MY WOWZA!!!! Did ya save the best for last? Jiminy Crickets, those are some breathtaking shots. Just unreal. I actually gasped aloud when I saw them. :o) Wonderful stuff! :o) |
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| thank you.It is rarely saw in my region. |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.buysoilpainting.com/
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Thank you all!
venue is not here for the birds...just registered and spamming... needs to be gone from here. |
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| Konrad: this is unreal. I've never seen a photo of a Magpie. That is a beautiful bird. I'm just as interested in your trees there as the fauna. Are those conifers Abies lasciocarpa? I see Tamarack larch of course. And is the birch: Betula papyrifera? That is some beautiful country. Love the deer, love it all. Thx, Dax |
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| awesome pics...I enjoy your wildlife pictures Konrad. great captured. |
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Thank you all!
Magpies are a bit of a nuisance....just like crows, they're in the
constant watch for easy picking of fledgelings at this time of year. 
Dax, no fir, I have some pine, most in the pictures are green and blue Colorado spruce, some white spruce,..yes, Tamarack and birch, I also grow little leaf Linden, mountain Ash, choke cherries, burr Oak, tons of apple trees, all from seeds, and some more. Here is one of my pride & joy of a seedling ornamental crab apple.
.. A wet crow
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Wren
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The Sapsucker got accustomed to the sweet treat now!
Hope this helps filling he's belly and be easy on making holes into my trees! 
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The female here is not seen anymore, looks like she is busy
with her nest. 
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Male still comes every day. 
Let me know if loading up seems a problem for you...then I should stop this thread. |
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| Tank you tank you tank you! Regards, Dax |
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| A unexpected visit from a brown & flying squirrel. 
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It's winter again!
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| I love this thread! Outstanding pictures! |
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Thank you PK!
This is the same location...sunflower seeds.
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