Cat pic(s)

[California]

Should be ok to share them here, it’s not a busy thread, or start a new one? I’d follow it.
I’m interested in different game cameras and the images they capture. I’ve been considering purchasing one with cel phone service for transmitting pics as text message.

Ok!

This photo below is kinda pet related. Twice now tame peacocks have 'adopted' us, like cats do. I assume they got brought out and abandoned in the country when they became mature and noisy, since they can shriek like a woman with her arms being ripped off.

But each of these birds must have been a beloved pet at some time. The first one shyly followed us around as we harvested apples then accompanied us back to the house and hung around. At nightfall he camped outside the guest cabin door and screeched to be allowed to go in there for the night, as obviously had been his custom before. No way, buddy. He eventually went up in the Redwood tree, then the next morning started his custom to warn us of the impending sunrise every morning. Loudly.

He obviously missed us when we shuttled back and forth to our primary home in the Central Valley. Wife took a cute picture when we returned after a week away. He came out of his nest in the flowerbed as soon as I got out of the car, to greet us and have a face to face conversation - obviously happy to see us back. He clearly felt he was part of the family.

This is a photo I've posted on here previously of the second peacock on the deck rail, a couple of years later. He wasn't so personable but he was clingy. And the does, settled down in the grass on a quiet winter day. Life is good. If anyone's interested I'll go look for my photos of that first friendly peacock.

 

[sixdogs]

Should be ok to share them here, it’s not a busy thread, or start a new one? I’d follow it.
I’m interested in different game cameras and the images they capture. I’ve been considering purchasing one with cel phone service for transmitting pics as text message.

I have a Browning high resolution game cam and love it. Cats for sure but also other critters. Mine does not link to my phone but that's OK for me. High resolution is a must if you want discernible photos.

 

[sixdogs]

Ok!

This photo below is kinda pet related. Twice now tame peacocks have 'adopted' us, like cats do. I assume they got brought out and abandoned in the country when they became mature and noisy, since they can shriek like a woman with her arms being ripped off.

But each of these birds must have been a beloved pet at some time. The first one shyly followed us around as we harvested apples then accompanied us back to the house and hung around. At nightfall he camped outside the guest cabin door and screeched to be allowed to go in there for the night, as obviously had been his custom before. No way, buddy. He eventually went up in the Redwood tree, then the next morning started his custom to warn us of the impending sunrise every morning. Loudly.

He obviously missed us when we shuttled back and forth to our primary home in the Central Valley. Wife took a cute picture when we returned after a week away. He came out of his nest in the flowerbed as soon as I got out of the car, to greet us and have a face to face conversation - obviously happy to see us back. He clearly felt he was part of the family.

This is a photo I've posted on here previously of the second peacock on the deck rail, a couple of years later. He wasn't so personable but he was clingy. And the does, settled down in the grass on a quiet winter day. Life is good. If anyone's interested I'll go look for my photos of that first friendly peacock.

Yes, look for the first pics. Great picture.

 

[California]

I’m interested in different game cameras and the images they capture. I’ve been considering purchasing one with cell phone service for transmitting pics as text message.

I think real game cameras are more expensive than what I'm using. Mine are all the kind of wifi video recording cameras advertised to watch your driveway, front door, as a baby monitor indoors, etc. About $20~$35 each.

With what I've read about dismal security, (easily hacked) I don't use them indoors, and don't care if some hacker sees the wildlife.

First set was a pair of Arlo Pro v1 battery-operated video cameras with the needed hub/router. I saw this set at Goodwill for $12 and couldn't pass it up. Batteries in the cameras last a long time, 5 weeks typical with the camera set to low resolution, and these batteries must be 5 years old. The set is obsolete, and Arlo ended support for these a couple of years ago after some scandal of easily hacked. This had been a $250 set new and the software is a lot better than the later cameras I got from Amazon. Remote operation on their battery, standalone without a power or signal cable, is what makes these worthwhile. Each can be some 100 ft from the Arlo hub in the back window of your house, then the hub is on your house wifi. I think modern expensive Arlo stuff is a candidate if you want a real security system.

A year later I bought a $35 Wyze Cam V3, then later a second one. The first had good software for reviewing what it had recorded on the internal SD card. Second one was marketed identical but they want you to subscribe to see your photos hosted there, viewing what's on the card is klutzy. Then a third $19 Wyze OG, decent photos but PIA software. These all need to be powered by an ordinary phone charger, so near a building.

Finally I got a no-name similar China camera, $29 including a solar charger, so it can be set up remote so long as your house wifi can see it. Video ok, really crappy software to see what it recorded. Lots of complaints from people who did subscribe to their (China?) video hosting.

Dunno if these comments help you choose something. At least these are cheap to operate, no cell subscription needed, and usable without buying the monthly remote-hosted option.

* Added after seeing Peace's post: Everything I described can be seen from anywhere via internet, if you have the login password.

 

[California]

One more critter photo, a favorite. I love wildlife. Then I'll pipe down.

A friend and I were conversing in front of the shop. This little guy popped up to watch for a while.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

One more critter photo, a favorite. I love wildlife. Then I'll pipe down.

A friend and I were conversing in front of the shop. This little guy popped up to watch for a while.

Cute, albeit microtia.

 

[California]

I just popped over here from the “You might like this, you might hate it thread.” It’s rather refreshing over here.

Amen bro!

 

[fatjay]

4 corners.

 

[MossRoad]

4 corners.

Nice!!

 

[plastikosmd]

Cat owners will recognize the look in his eyes (near the end of zoomie)