Weekly News 2/2/12

Don't forget that in the top right is a button/link that you can click to CONTROL A CAMERA YOURSELF!!  Yes, we even sometimes have that camera on the primary web page.  This camera overlooks a field full of clover in Southwest Georgia and has an Infrared light for some night vision.  Also, one of the camera preset is for our Kudzu camera.  You can see the Kudzu camera from this visitor controlable camera!  Check it out! 

After all, it's free!

Winter is clearly here for the wildlife now, some southern states still have deer season running (Alabama and parts of Texas that we know about).  For the deer, browse is in short supply.  Checkout the deer on our South Georgia green fields and the Texas and Virginia feeders too.

Checkout the images in the Photo Gallery!  We have a beautiful Virginia Buck from Jan 2, 2012 and close ups of a black bear in December 2011.

You may control one of our cameras!  Click on the new Navigation at the top called Control Camera! The camera is on a clay field not far from the Kudzu Camera which is normally always on the public web site in the bottom right position.. We have an infrared light on the camera so you can see at night in addition to the visible light at the Kudzu camera.  Have a blast!

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All our cameras actually stream live video, we only show images every 10 seconds on the web site due to bandwidth restrictions.  Think of bandwidth like an interstate highway ... now you understand about congestion!  Also, please note that we DO NOT USE trail cameras.  We notice some people on blogs and forums think those are the type cameras we use.  No, we use much more expensive Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) network IP cameras.  Most have optical zoom of 26X or more too.

Many of the cameras are lighted at night. Our three Texas cameras have lots of wildlife activity at night. The Dallas Ga feeder and Americus Ga feeder have night lights. Watch The lighted Kudzu camera for night activity also. We have streaming video back on the site for the general public.  This will be on at least one camera at a time. 

We have deployed a camera in an old place, our West Loop camera. This is a completely solar power system using a cellular internet and solar panels.  The camera is located in SW Georgia.  We've had cameras on this one acre field before, but it's been probably over a year.  We see hogs, turkeys and deer of course.  Check it out on the web page in the 5th  or 6th positions when we have the camera up for public viewing.  Oh BTW- we can remotely control this camera too!

The block at the main feeder in Georgia is a standard mineral block (kind used for cattle). The deer like the mineral block the best of any we have tried.  We've heard from many of you about different types of blocks.

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Many of you have asked about our incredible number of hits each day and month. Please read the section in our Advertise with Us for more information about Hits, page views and other web analytics. Remember- statistics is Greek for 'lies, lies and more lies'! :)

All images are live, running about 20-30 seconds behind real time.

Note: If a camera picture seems frozen or shows daylight where eastern daylight time is night, this means that camera is not sending images. We typically reboot the systems to get lazy cameras running. Also the cameras without any lights do shutoff just after dark and sometimes an image is partially sent. That's why you might see an image with a gray area.

Solar-Powered Camera: Built from surplus woods around and not the best looking,  Click here to see our completely self-contained, solar powered, cellular camera system . Here's another view . Four 15Watt solar panels, a regulator, deep cycle marine battery in a plastic case, a Basic Camera unit, High gain antenna, Special PC card for internet service, and router in the equipment box. Checkout the Camera Page for more information.

Animal Views: Our cameras have a low IQ. They follow a pre-set schedule that stops at each view for a specific amount of time (usually 180 seconds). Unless a human is controlling the camera, it does not “know” when animals are in view. Unfortunately, that is why the cameras will sometimes move away from certain animal sightings.

Capturing Images: To save an image on the screen to your PC, simply right-click the image and save it to your desk top or disk.