Birdhouse Spy Cam

02/12/2021

As soon as the ice and snow begins to fly I start getting calls about how well the Hawk Eye Nature cams can stand the cold. As I sit here watching the freezing rain put a nice slick glaze on the street and trees, I thought it as good a time as any to touch a bit on the subject.

The manufacturer gives the operating temperature range for the Hawk Eye at 35-105-degrees F. However, many of our customers report using them at temperatures well below and above these ranges. One customer in Canada wrote "We have left our cameras out in our falcon boxes all winter. It has been -22 to -36 F. and the are still working."

The point to remember is that, as with any electronics, the more protection you can give the cameras the better. If not inside a sheltered birdhouse, a simple 6" square board, or plastic cup over the top to keep rain and snow off, is a must. And, if you are leaving it outside, be sure to leave it plugged in. If left on, the electronics stay slightly warm, which prevents any kind of condensation collecting inside. If turned off, condensation can form, and possibly freeze and damage the electronics.

And, if you have left your Hawk Eye inside the birdhouse so it is not being used during the winter months, it is a good idea to unplug it and bring it inside until things warm up.

12/10/2020

Think you're a dedicated birder? Maybe so, but wow, then there's Jim Taggart up in Kemptville, Ontario. Now THERE'S a dedicated birder.

Jim has to hire a bucket lift to reach the top of the 40' osprey nesting platform he built a few years back. So, when his Hawk Eye HD cam failed a few weeks ago, he was praying for an easy fix from the ground without having to hire a repeat visit of the crane. Fortunately a cable swap at ground level got things up and running again.

As can be seen by the camera housing the osprey is sitting on, Jim doesn't mess around and builds things to last the sometimes harsh Canadian weather. He reports his Hawk Eye HD Nature Cam has been running continuously for three years, surviving temperatures form -30 to 36+C. (that's -22 to 100 for us folks south of the border). He adds that the camera is connected to his TV by 200' of cable, with no loss of AV signal.

Thanks for sharing, Jim.

05/24/2020

Quite a few of our customers are now doing live feeds of a variety of nesting birds. Take a look at Kelly G.'s live chickadee feed up in Harford County, Maryland.

Watch in real time as a Carolina Chickadee in Harford County, Maryland lays eggs, incubates her nest, and nurtures her nestlings!

03/01/2020

We made the Top-10 list of "Best Bird Watching Cameras" (actually #1 Editor's Pick) which is no mean feat . . . since there's only four other such cameras on the market. :-) Anyway, the author has some good points, take a look:

Get the best bird watching cameras from under $50 to $500. Our Editors have hand picked the best bird watching cameras. Make sure to read before you buy.

02/28/2020

A little over 10 years ago, a pair of owls moved into a nest box behind our house, an I got to wondering exactly what was going on inside. I installed a camera, and presto, Birdhouse Spy Cam was born. But more exciting, was the hours we spent watching the parents first lay the eggs . . . there were three of them, and then watch the chicks hatch and the parents start raising them. We watch how at first they brought in moths, moths and more moths. I never knew there were so many moths in the woods behind our house. Then as the chicks grew older, the food progressed to worms, GIANT worms, then salamanders, and finally other birds, rats, and squirrels. What a show! We even were on hand when the kids flew the coup. And shortly after a mother squirrel moved her two cubs in. But that's another story.

Anyway, this is a long, round about way of telling you about the newest addition to our product line, the saw-whet / screech owl / squirrel house, complete with our Hawk Eye HD Nature Cam installed. Just hang the house, run the cable into your TV, plug it in, and -- owls and/or squirrels willing -- get ready for the show of a lifetime. Now available at www.birdhousespycam.com

02/08/2020

Annnnnddd . . . . This is Jimmy the squirrel's (see below) smarter sister. She goes straight to the source of those delicious sunflower seeds.

02/08/2020

Hmmmmm . . . In my effort to join the 21st century — social media wise — I’ve taken the leap onto the Instagram bandwagon, which I supposedly connected to this page. Well . . . It didn’t work, and guess I‘ll keep on trying. Here are two neat little videos I posted on Instagram, that were supposed to show up here, but didn’t. As I say, our Hawk Eye Nature Cams, aren't just for the birds.
This is Jimmy the squirrel. He is very clever. Please notice how he is standing on the squirrel proof cage surrounding the birdfeeder. A video of his smarter sister can be seen above

01/28/2020

Birds. Chickadees, wrens, robins, bluebirds, big birds, little birds, drab birds, colorful birds, it doesn't matter. They all put on an incredible show of courting and mating and nest building, and egg laying . . . and just going about their every day lives. All we have to do is take just a little bit of time to watch.

Where I live in the Portland, Oregon suburbs, I have to be content with chickadees, some towhees, wrens, and hummingbirds and screech owls. Nothing fancy, nothing colorful. Just good 'ol down to earth birds going about the business of living.

Then again, on these cold, rainy Northwestern winter days, it would surrrrrrre be nice to have a little color around here; like say, a Red Crested Turaco, or maybe a Golden pheasant flying by, or how about a Hoopoe hoping across the lawn?

A Hoopoe? How about a Quetzal or Stork billed kingfisher?
Well, not around here. The closest I, and probably most of you are going to get to these exotics is by paying a visit to Dale Garrett's -- of Chipper Birds fame -- 25 Most Beautiful Birds blog at https://chipperbirds.com/beautiful-birds/

It's a short, but lots of fun read.

Beautiful Birds: Everything you need to know about the world’s beautiful birds, including where they’re found, what they eat, and what makes them unique.

01/23/2020

If you like eagles check this out . . . live eagle video cams from New York to California.

Watch the Hanover, PA Bald Eagle Nest Cam Live!

01/22/2020

Check out my newest (and currently, only) blog on the coming owl invasion.

The owls are back . . . at least that’s the report we’re getting from a lot of our customers. If you have already been watching owls, you know how much fun is in store in the coming months as they lay their eggs, and the...

01/14/2020

With the death of Adobe Flash, which for the past 10 years our BHSC web site was heavily dependent, we knew it was time for an update. Please take a look at the new face of BHSC at www.birdhousespycam.com Products, Q&A, and our soon to be released Talking Parrot blog are now much easier to navigate.

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