Re: [mou-net] Wood ducks Shoreview, Ramsey County
In one box I have the Hawkeye Nature Cam. I don’t recommend it because it is not of high quality but it is relatively cheap. In the other box I have the Hawkeye High Definition Nature Cam. This gives me a clear picture. The cameras have built-in infrared lamps which give enough light to illuminate the box while not disturbing the ducks. Her is the link: https://www.birdhousespycam.com/description.aspx?Productid=452ProductTypeName=Hawk-Eye-High-Definition-Nature-Cam https://www.birdhousespycam.com/description.aspx?Productid=452ProductTypeName=Hawk-Eye-High-Definition-Nature-Cam The camera comes with 100’ of cable which I plug into a small HDTV. John On May 26, 2015, at 7:27 AM, Uwe Kausch u...@builtritehandlers.com wrote: John, What kind of cameras do you use in your boxes? How do you get enough light so the cameras pick up enough detail? I mostly get Hooded Mergansers but occasionally get Wood Ducks as well...I almost never see the ducklings though and if I do, it is only for a couple of days. The mergansers hang with their ducklings for a couple of weeks and then leave them on their own. I have another wood duck box that is used by Kestrels...that would be an interesting box to have a camera in as well. Thanks for any info you can provide. Regards, Uwe Kausch Duluth -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of John Clouse Sent: Monday, May 25, 2015 12:04 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Wood ducks Shoreview, Ramsey County Our first batch of wood ducks is hatching today. Should jump tomorrow. Another hen is still sitting on hers in the second box. I have video cameras in each box. John Clouse johnclo...@mac.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html John Clouse johnclo...@mac.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Wood ducks
Had 19 wood ducks jump at 11 am and 8 abandoned eggs. John Clouse johnclo...@mac.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Wood ducks Shoreview, Ramsey County
Our first batch of wood ducks is hatching today. Should jump tomorrow. Another hen is still sitting on hers in the second box. I have video cameras in each box. John Clouse johnclo...@mac.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Wood ducks
While out driving country roads today, I observed 7 male and 3 female wood ducks. Also saw2 red-winged black birds and heard several singing. Judy in Alexandria, douglas County Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] wood ducks in Winona
Saw two pair of wood ducks swimming in the expanding open water on Praire Island. First I have seen this spring. There were also a few lesser canada geese that I assume are migrants. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Wood Ducks
Tonight the sun was still above the horizon when I got home, so I finally nailed up flashing around one of my trees that hold a wood duck house. I also pounded in a couple of stakes to straighten one of my free standing houses. Three of my five houses were hosting squirrels when I last checked, a couple of weeks ago. I have yet to clean them out. I checked the first of my free standing houses which I had just straighten. The house shows no evidence that the ducks have been in visiting. This weekend I will add some dry leaves to the wood chip bedding. I looked at the other house and noticed that some down was hanging in the entry hole. This looked more promising and I was hoping to find some eggs had been laid inside. I set up the ladder and unlatched the door and pried it open a little. I saw plenty of down and a brown wing. I quickly closed the door and quietly backed away. This is the first house that I have oppened with out freightening the hen off the nest. While I assume that she is probably a Wood Duck, both the Woodies and Hoodies use my boxes. This weekend I will check out the squirrel boxes to see if I can clean any of them out. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
