Embrace Winter With a New Hobby!
I live in northern Ontario, where the winters can be long and cold, but also we get a lot of sunny days, which helps if you dress warm... Anyways, I digress!
I love that in the winter you can see animal tracks, and I wanted a fun way to make this a hobby and see what ventures through my backyard at night!
My kids got me a trail camera for Christmas, and I have been having some fun with it. I have been learning the best position and all the ins and outs of this camera.
Ignore the date, as I had not set that yet, but the temperature is right. Yes, cold. I just wanted to dive in. I found a tree and strapped the camera to it, and got this fox on camera!
On some of the bad weather days, I have used it inside to see what my cats are up to at night, which is also fun to check the next day. This has definitely become a new hobby, as well as a way to see if there are any unwanted critters trying to get in my house. I will try the videos next.
Meidase Trail Camera
This camera is the one I have, mine is the PRO 60, which you can see if you click on the above link, and it has as you can see by my fox picture, night vision.
I have been experimenting with having it closer to the ground to pick up smaller critters, so this has been fun. It is waterproof, weather proof and can take extreme cold. If I don't feel like venturing out to set it up, I use it in the house for fun. I had no idea my cats were so active at night!
I set it up to only take pics when there is movement and then every 10 seconds, but you can play with these settings. The garage is also another great place. I discovered there was a red squirrel living in my garage.
So, my goal is to make like easier, cheaper and fun! as the goal of this blog, and this definitely comes under the "fun" category!
Why not treat yourself and get outside and into your yard, and see what happens out there while you are sleeping!
Meidase Trail Camera
For under 100 dollars, it is a fun and affordable way to enjoy the winter, and see the wildlife safely.
Tonight, I am trying a different tree in the yard as I did see an owl last night!
