MallardCam

Although my trail cameras are usually set up to target otters, badgers, foxes, etc, they do pick up all sorts of other things, mostly rats.  I have seen weasels, jays, shrews, mice, owls, etc and on this occasion a pair of mallards.  They were already in view by the time the camera switched on its infrared light and started recording.  They were spooked by the light and took off so quickly that it is difficult to see what happened.  I have put in a short slow motion replay to make it easier to see.  When they came back in daylight they were still wary but not so afraid of the camera.  It is interesting that many other animals don't react to the light at all.