Inspired by an article in TechStage, this year I decided to build a birdhouse with a surveillance camera. Since it was installed, it has been monitoring the lives of a pair of titmice that have taken over the house.
Category: Birdhouse “Big Brother”
Hatching of the chicks
After 20 days of building the nest, 5 days of laying eggs and an incubation period of 13 days, after a total of 5 1/2 weeks the time has come: the chicks hatch. Within 24 hours...
Breeding season
After the nest is completed, the breeding season begins at Easter. At first, the tit only sits on the clutch of five eggs for a short time, but after some time and a rapid drop in temperature, the chicks find...
Egg laying
After the nest was made habitable and the spring of 2020 was also very warm very early, our tits have laid the foundation for their offspring: Within five days, just as many...
Bumblebee attack
The housing shortage in Munich is big enough to start a fight over a nesting box. So a bumblebee decided that the finished nesting site would be a nice home for itself...
Interior fittings
After the shell was finished in ten days, it is now time to start on the interior. Our little titmouse tirelessly brings more building materials, which will be used for the actual nest. Usually...
Nest building: The shell in 10 days
Our new roommates have been busy building their nest for a few days now. Fortunately, the location near Munich's "Moosfeld" makes it easy to obtain suitable material for the shell. This will be done in the...
Infrared light recordings
The IP camera used allows you to switch to infrared mode manually or automatically when lighting conditions are insufficient. An IR filter is pushed in front of the lens and a series of IR LEDs are switched on. This is safe for people and...
The first week
The birdhouse has found a nice place in the garden, where the neighbors' cats can't get to it and where there is a little peace and quiet from us humans. At first, very little happened...
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