Free Range Parrots

I’ve written previously about the benefits you can gain from using remote cameras with your birds. Most smart phones can also do time lapse photography.

While videos can capture useful information about your birds, sometimes you want to monitor behaviors that happen rarely or you want to see how often they happen over time.

Some examples of behaviors might be:

• How often and for how long are my birds eating?
• Are my birds eating specific foods I’m putting out for them?
• How active are my birds?
• What toys and perches are my birds favoring?
• Are my birds fighting?
• Are my birds engaging in mating behavior?
• What toys are my birds playing with?

Sure, a video would capture these, but this is a significant time commitment to review these videos.

Tripod

Before I get started, I wanted to recommend a tripod I like. Since you could take a time lapse that could last hours, you want a way to hold your phone in position.… READ THE REST

Setting up remote cameras on your birds can be more entertaining than TV. But it can also have important benefits to the well being of your bird that you may not have considered.

Benefits

Your birds will behave very differently when you are in the room as they do when you are gone. You may see important clues to their health by checking in on them remotely from time to time.

Food

Especially with fresh foods, it can be difficult to figure out what your bird is eating when you look at their dishes at the end of the day. Everything can dry up and shrink a bit.

Behavior

What does your bird do all day when you are not around? Do they sit around or are they active and playing with toys? How are they interacting with other birds.… READ THE REST