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Titre :	Methodological considerations for monitoring wild bird nests using video technology
Auteurs :	H. L. McQuillen, Auteur ; L. W. Brewer, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Field Ornithology (71(1) WIN 2000)
Article en page(s) :	167-172
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	While testing a commercially manufactured wildlife video system, we developed a method for using this technology to monitor, continuously the reproductive behaviors of wild birds during rile nesting period. Two passerine bird nests, Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) and Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), were monitored using miniature video cameras at thr nests. Cameras were connected to a 24-h time-lapse video recorder located up ro 18 m from each nest. System installation required approximately 20 min and nests were monitored for

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