2021
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8127
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Raspberry Pi nest cameras: An affordable tool for remote behavioral and conservation monitoring of bird nests

Abstract: 1. Bespoke (custom-built) Raspberry Pi cameras are increasingly popular research tools in the fields of behavioral ecology and conservation, because of their comparative flexibility in programmable settings, ability to be paired with other sensors, and because they are typically cheaper than commercially built models.2. Here, we describe a novel, Raspberry Pi-based camera system that is fully portable and yet weatherproof-especially to humidity and salt spray. The camera was paired with a passive infrared sens… Show more

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“…Second, trail cameras could be easily swapped between boxes, which is especially important in studies with high numbers of boxes involved and/or when box occupation pattern changes dynamically. Finally, trail cameras could be easily hidden inside the nest box with no additional equipment left visible outside (compare to Hereward et al, 2021).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Second, trail cameras could be easily swapped between boxes, which is especially important in studies with high numbers of boxes involved and/or when box occupation pattern changes dynamically. Finally, trail cameras could be easily hidden inside the nest box with no additional equipment left visible outside (compare to Hereward et al, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In bird studies, collecting data on the timing of nest building, egg laying, hatching, and fledging requires that researchers frequently monitor nests (summarized in Wang & Beissinger, 2011). Technical solutions have been developed to reduce field time (reviewed by Smith et al, 2015); photo and video technologies provide direct information about bird behavior inside nest boxes (e.g., Bambini et al, 2018; Hereward et al, 2021; Prinz et al, 2016; Zárybnická et al, 2016). Contemporary photography and real‐time recording systems have features appropriate for cavities, like miniature size, infrared sensitivity, movement‐induced trigger (Hereward et al, 2021; Prinz et al, 2016; Zárybnická et al, 2016).…”
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“…The trends toward miniaturization, affordability, and open-source custom control of video recording technology offer promising avenues for future studies of animal behavior and activity for which long-term observer presence is logistically untenable or would disturb the focal species. In the future, many different devices using lowcost, open-source hardware and software can be imagined and developed by researchers to facilitate when, where, and how frequently data can be collected (Greenville and Emery 2016;Hereward et al 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%