Bird Box Cameras Are Great For Taking A Look At Wild Birds In Your Garden

These Bird Box cameras are used to look at birds in the wilds of your garden. By incorporating state of the art miniature technology to embed a tiny camera in a Bird Box or Animal Nest Box you can study wildlife uninhibited. This means that birds, parents and chicks, may be viewed without disrupting them.

A bird box camera allows the viewer to watch how birds build a nest, lay eggs and rear their chicks without being disruptive to the birds. You will be amazed when you see the chicks fledge and leave the nest for the first time.

Most suppliers of cameras for bird boxes have models that will fit into any suitable nesting box, whether it’s a small 25mm entrance hole version for a Blue Tit, an open fronted design for Robins and Wrens or even a Hedgehog House.

Bird box cameras come in both colour and black and white and versions and nest box cameras can have infrared for night time viewing. For remote viewing the cameras can be connected to a TV or a computer and can be wired or wireless depending on the model.

Cameras that shoot color video usually create higher quality images, and are generally only slightly higher in cost than a black-and-white model.

Both wireless and plug in models have advantages and disadvantages; however, even with improved wireless technology, wired cameras get better signals in most cases. Because wires are attached to these cameras they may have limited places to conceal them , even-though they are a simple plug and play operation. Also it might be possible to drill a hole through a wall of the your home to run a wire to the television set.

You can set up a nest box at any time of the year but if you put it up in February then there is a good chance of it being occupied by Spring. If you have them set up by December, some birds are likely to roost there and to build nests there in the spring as well.

Setting up a nest box camera during the winter months gives you time to make adjustments so it fits in as a natural part of the nest and greatly increases your odds of having occupants in Spring. Some birds will use them to roost and as shelter if they in place during Winter and will then use them for nesting in spring.

Be sure to set the birds nest box in a still area of the garden. They can be placed almost anywhere, but it is best if you try to place it where it will not be in the sun all day and has some shelter from bad weather.

Tegan T Clarke is a keen hobbyist twitcher and tells you about utilizing nest box cameras to have a much closer look at your quarry. More information can be found at CloseWatch