An intimate view on RoeDeerCam

Just a short post this time, with only a couple of videos.  The cameras have recorded a mother and fawn in the rain, almost too close.  The camera is set to record for one minute but will go on for longer if the target is still detected so I have trimmed the video a bit.  It is amazing to see the fawn so close up and curious about the camera.  The fawn is probably only about six weeks old but has already nearly lost its newborn camouflage.  I expect it will soon follow its mother all the time.  The doe is still moulting but the bucks are already in their foxy-red summer finest.

The second video shows the fawn on its own at midnight.  To start with the action is on the upper camera, a standard low-glow (850nm) trail camera.  As the fawn moves across the scene the video cuts to the second camera which is a no-glow (940nm) and for a few moments it benefits from the light from the first camera.  When the low-glow stops recording the no-glow is on its own, with a noticeably poorer picture.  After a few seconds the fawn re-triggers the first camera and the picture improves again.  It is interesting how much the cameras (the no-glow especially) benefit from extra lighting.  I have been using additional lighting or multiple cameras for the otters for a while but it isn't as easy to achieve out in the open for the deer, although it is something to think about.  The fawn is calling throughout and is obviously starting to eat for itself.

Both cameras are still in place and if anything else interesting turns up I'll post it here.