A camera trap, that is.
Today we took the long walk again down to Nancy Creek and Otter Pond, bent on setting up a motion-sensor trail camera that might capture our elusive otters (and who knows what else). Westminster senior and uber-birder Nithya Guthikonda joined us, and together we actively birded all the way down there and back again. We got terrific looks at Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Red-headed Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, among others.
I didn’t expect we’d have time to stop and sit down and journal, and indeed we didn’t (we haven’t yet practiced with journaling while standing up). In fact, I had to rush to choose a spot to mount the camera. I tried to pick a site that might catch movement both in the creek and on the trail running alongside it, but I have no idea if it’s in a good position to capture either. I guess we’ll find out when I go back in a few days to retrieve the SD card.
I feel confident I turned it on, but that’s about it.
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