Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Pond Cam ...With Turtles...Lots of Turtles!

     A few days ago I gathered a few old chicken wings that I had tossed into the freezer for a future project. 
I also grabbed a crab trap bait cannister, a large plastic stake, an iron rod, some wire, and my Caden photographer's backpack full of GoPro cameras and gear.
     Then it was off to our pond to conduct a "stake out" video...
At the pond, I waded out to about knee-deep and pushed the plastic stake into the sandy pond bottom.
     I then used the wire to tie the bait cannisters and a couple of chicken wings to the stake. 
     When that was complete, I pushed the metal spike into the bottom and clipped my GoPro Hero 5 to that. 
After ensuring that the chicken wing setup filled the viewfinder, I hit record and left.
     After an hour I walked back down to the pond, switched out the now dead battery for a fresh one, hit record again and left.
     Later I gathered it all up, and this is what I found!


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like how persistent some of those turtles were in getting that chicken. Interesting to watch them work at it. Cool video!

R.Powers said...

Thanks Robin!
I thought I was just going to get fish!