​Camerafy your home

We have several cameras at our home. The first one is ancient. It’s a D-Link camera, very low resolution, that I must have set up 12 years or so ago. It still works. It just gives me a live view of what’s outside the front of our house, from inside a second floor window.

Mainly what we like the cameras for is all the wildlife we see. I even set one up at my mom’s house in Phoenix. Every once in a while, we get to see a pack of javalina in her back yard, or a bobcat, sometimes a roadrunner.

At our house we have a camera under the porch to watch the feral cats that live there. Also, the raccoons that stop by for a bite, and occasionally a squirrel. We set up a camera early in the pandemic to watch a bird's nest, and then the 4 eggs hatched, the babies got bigger, and eventually fledged, all caught on Camera.

We use Blink brand cameras. Years ago, it was free storage for the videos, but now they charge. Most cameras require a monthly charge for storage, but not all. The best reason to use cloud storage is because if you use the cameras for security and the videos are locally stored, then the robber needs to steal the storage device for a clean getaway. That happens.

Our Blink cameras are setup via our smartphone, which is fairly standard. There are many camera brands to choose from, with varying capabilities – features. As I buy nearly everything in the world from Amazon, you can certainly look there to get an idea of what is available. I am also including a few links that review cameras, but you know, take it all with a grain of salt.

One review is HERE. 

Another review is HERE. 

For fun, a third review is HERE. 

There is a lot of overlap in the reviews. There are a LOT of cameras. Read up on them and Google any questions you come up with. 

Note: This weeks Scene Around Abiquiu, video of a bear cub, was taken 8/22 on our camera out front.