Conservation Land and a Camera...
Today, we got some rather nice news... Our neighbors, (who shall remain nameless for the sake of privacy) just donated a nearby plot of land to the Harwich Conservation Trust. It's a small lot, but significant just the same.
Both the wife and I (and obviously others) know how much those woods are used by every type of imaginable wildlife... To our neighbors, (and my family's friends for decades...) You've done a good thing... Thank you.
If you're interested in donating land, contact your local conservation trust, harbormaster (harbormaster's have all the contacts), police or fire chief, resource officer... Also, you can also email me at: capecodalan@ebirdseed.com or use the "Comment" button below... In any event, even a half acre makes a significant difference.
Onward!
Now about that pesky NovaBird remote, movement-triggered camera that just doesn't want to play nice... Sometimes it works, and but mostly it's deader than Julius Caesar. Looks like we have two problems...
Here are the troubleshooting steps taken so far, and an almost final conclusion... Problem number 1 was the battery. We replaced that with mixed luck... (The old one seemed to be pushing up daisies. Now, I'm not so sure, though it definitely has seen much better days.) I briefly tested the camera using the battery recharger as a power source and the camera worked fine for roughly 60 seconds, then died. With enough fussing, the new battery will spring to life in all of its 6.46 VDC glory, and the camera will follow, but only for 60 seconds... Time to remove the battery from the equation. We're going to try hooking the Nova' directly to 120 AC via its transformer... Not elegant, but better than a kick in the head....
And that brings us to problem number 2... Even using a steady power source, the camera exhibits the same troubled behavior as it did under the auspices of the battery -- Flakey. Still, we'll keep you posted, but the conclusion probably just ain't going to be pretty. Perhaps it's time to think of "Plan "B"".
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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