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camera to observe a nest at home

jackrussell007 · 2010-05-16 10:38:02

hi folks I have a couple of starlings (i think) nesting every year in my facia/roof tiles. I'd love to set up a small camera so the kids could observe them in their nest. anyone over do anything like this, is it very hard to get something decent quality for handy money, I presume it would have to be night vision to see in…

16-05-2010 10:38am

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jackrussell007

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hi folks

I have a couple of starlings (i think) nesting every year in my facia/roof tiles. I'd love to set up a small camera so the kids could observe them in their nest.

anyone over do anything like this, is it very hard to get something decent quality for handy money, I presume it would have to be night vision to see in the dark nest? any reccommendations? I dont mind running wires back to my pc if necessary.

any suggestions would be appreciated

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#2 16-05-2010 12:55pm

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jackrussell007 wrote: »

hi folks

I have a couple of starlings (i think) nesting every year in my facia/roof tiles. I'd love to set up a small camera so the kids could observe them in their nest.

anyone over do anything like this, is it very hard to get something decent quality for handy money, I presume it would have to be night vision to see in the dark nest? any reccommendations? I dont mind running wires back to my pc if necessary.

any suggestions would be appreciated

Initial thought is that you have left it a bit late for this year (especially with starlings) as you can't go retro fitting a camera to a nest site already in use without causing the birds to desert. There are plenty of others here who will advise on cameras etc. I have been toying with the same idea for years now but never get round to it - good luck.

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