I am interested in setting up a night-time outdoor surveillance camera that will record the activities of big cats on our land. We have spotted cougar tracks (over 4" across) and a nearby rancher claims to have seen a black panther in the area. Was wondering if anybody here has had any experience with this type of thing, possibly with a VCR controller/motion sensor set-up?

-- Steve Dann (smdann@swbell.net), January 18, 2002

Answers

Response to Outdoor surveillance cameras

take a look at the X-10 systems. X10.com

-- LurkyLu (lurkylu@yahoo.com), January 18, 2002.

Response to Outdoor surveillance cameras

standard cam corder,,with a motion detector on it. Have usd them to catch a theif. Most electronic suppliers carry the motion detector for them

-- Stan (sopal@net-port.com), January 18, 2002.

Response to Outdoor surveillance cameras

We use a surveillance camara in my mothers mobile home that in our yard. The first camara we got was the x10 wireless and wasn't satisfied with it. The second camara was from radio shack and we are very satisfied with it although it isn't cordless . The camara we use now is black and white we have it hooked up to a small tv by our bed to keep an eye and ear (it's audio too) to mama at night. The current camara works in very low light. It can also be used with a vcr. It's for indoor outdoor use. If you'd like more info email me and I'll look the box up and give you the model number or whatever.

-- sherry (chickadee259@yahoo.com), January 18, 2002.

Forgot, it has a motion detector on it.

-- sherry (chickadee259@yahoo.com), January 18, 2002.

As I understand it, a cougar, puma, panther, and mountain lion are all different names for the same animal. Could someone tell me what a "black panther" is? Thanks.

-- fred (fred@mddc.com), January 18, 2002.

A '60's radical?

-- Kevin (kevinmail@earthlink.net), January 18, 2002.

A black panther is the same thing as a panther, but black in color, very rare in Texas I have heard...also see above answer.

-- Steve D (smdann@swbell.net), January 18, 2002.

Just make sure you have a red filter over the lense. The red filter does not scare away the animals. Bright white lights do.

Panther is a leopard of the black color phase. FL incorrectly calls their cougars, panthers..

-- matt johnson (wyo_cowboy_us@yahoo.com), January 18, 2002.