Screech Owl PTZ Woodland Cam

A Roaming Eye Over the Owl Woods

Unlike the fixed interior nest-box cameras nearby, this pan-tilt-zoom unit can be steered to follow activity across the wider wooded study area that surrounds a screech owl research site. Its wide field of view sweeps the dense understory where the resident owls forage and travel between boxes.

Part of a Long-Running Research Project

The camera supports an ongoing study of Eastern Screech Owl roosting and nesting behavior, set in a remote, undisturbed tract of forest rather than an urban backyard. Multiple nest boxes scattered through the same acreage give researchers a fuller picture of the birds' movements.

A Working Piece of Wildlife Science

Because the lens can be repositioned on demand, viewers sometimes catch an owl perched in the open or gliding between branches — moments the stationary box cameras nearby would miss entirely.