Black storks - white screen: stork camera problems

Text: Urmas Sellis
Web camera images from the Mobotix cameras
Translation: Liis
Black stork camera fans probably noticed on Monday morning that instead of the nest life of black storks there was only a white screen to see with the text "too many retries, give up!", and that for six hours running ...
too many retries, give up!
This screen view turns up when the power system in the forest doesn’t work properly
 
We were just coordinating with Renno what in the camera’s power system should be checked and Renno was about to get out to investigate – when suddenly familiar calls sounded from the computer and there wasn’t a white-only screen any longer.

The camera started working without physical operations from us. Moral pressure however was strong, and it worked. The only drawback is that the same thing can happen again, and we still don’t know what causes it. So it was on Tuesday morning ... It is as if a poltergeist has got into the power system – there are problems with the batteries or their charging. We will see what can be done, but we certainly don’t want to disturb life in the nest. Luckily the power system is located away from the nest and it should be possible to work there in cover of darkness. At the moment though there are no spare battery available but we are exploring possibilities. Meanwhile there are the lesser spotted eagles to watch, including some in the former black stork nest!

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