Pre-Field Preparation of the Video Monitoring System
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Construction of the Video Monitoring System in the Field
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Results: Camera Monitoring System Collected 3,120 Hours of Footage from 8 Nests Over 63 Days
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Conclusion
Transcripción
This surveillance system enables ornithologists to answer key questions related to nesting behavior such as nest attentiveness and the impacts of predation. The main advantage of this technique is that it allows for intensive monitoring of colonie
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This paper describes a protocol that uses a remote video monitoring surveillance system to continuously monitor breeding colonies of ground-nesting waterbirds. The system includes five cameras monitoring individual nests and one camera monitoring the colony as a whole, and is powered by car batteries that are recharged via solar panels.