With a small camera and a radio transmitter, naturalist and broadcaster Nigel Marven demonstrates how technology can help us see what’s going on inside bird and bats-friendly wildlife boxes. This 2015 Eden Shorts video can help get you started on making a wildlife short film in your back yard or out in nature near where you live.
A moth trap can also create a fun opportunity to observe nature’s evening creatures. And when you’re done observing, the moths can be set free into the night.
Learn more with these wildlife observation videos:
• Setting up 150 wildlife camera traps in Michigan
• How to make a light trap
• How to make a Wildlife Camera (using a Raspberry Pi)
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• Climbing into the treetops with a chimpanzee cam
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