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Live Stream of my Bird Box - Bluetits Nesting

Nazbit
12/04/2020 20:25
Hi,
I'm not sure how much, if any, interest there will be in this.
I have three bird boxes in my back garden with cameras inside.
Although its early days it would appear that a mating pair of bluetits are starting to move in for the breeding season.
I've put up a live stream for now its just an experiment really. If there is interest then I will make arrangements to keep it up longer term.

Live Stream Link: https://bird-box.ml

Past Streams

Day 1 - 12th April - Nest Building - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJHwe8a6E0
The female is currently roosting in there. This will be her first night in the box.
Enjoy.
Alex
  • 12/04/2020 20:34

    Some Still Images - Highlights from the last few days

    The Happy Couple

    The Male Feeding the Female an Insect

    The Female starting to nest in one box

    Change of plan - shes taking it all out again

    Now shes settled in to another one of my boxes - this one is quite a lot bigger

  • 12/04/2020 20:38

    First night roosting in the box tonight

    The last few nights she has worked on the nest in the day but left at night. Tonight she appears to be settling in for the night.

  • 12/04/2020 21:28

    The set up for anybody interested

    • RSBP Sparrow Terrace
    • 3 x Wildlife Cameras
    • Cameras are IP cameras powered by POE
    • They are 1280x1080 resolution and have infra red for night vision
    • These connect to a Netgear POE switch in my garden shed and then to the house with one run of Cat5E cable.

    Test Fitting the cameras to get the field of view right...

    Routing the cabling...

    Making an exit for the cables to allow the roof to sit flush...

  • 13/04/2020 08:49

    Female appears to be changing the bedding that she slept on overnight

    It rained pretty hard yesterday evening and she carried on bringing material in after it stopped. I think she might have brought some wet moss in. Is that something she would want to chuck back out?

    Meanwhile the male is sheltering in box 3 and leaving her to it.

    If you refer back to the setup image - the female is using the left most box (which is now fitted with a narrowing plate and is the biggest) and the male is in one on the right which is the smallest.

    I refer to them as 1, 2, 3 from left to right.

  • 14/04/2020 22:05

    Updated stream URL: 

    https://bird-box.ml

    Now with external view as well.