Something fluttering on left side, deer webcam

[Beringia]

Last edited Sun May 19, 2019, 11:14 AM - Edit history (1)

I visit a deer webcam and caught this the other night. Don't know what to make of it.

Deer webcam

https://www.carbontv.com/cams/live-the-crush-with-lee-and-tiffany-deer-cam/


There is corn in the box, they fill the bin overhead and it releases corn every so often. The webcam is sponsored by Chevrolet.

[dewsgirl]

1. Bookmarking, I have no idea. Curious what others

think.

[BigMin28]

2. Could be

A spider web on or near the camera blowing in the breeze.

[pnwest]

5. I was going to say the same thing -

Bit of fluff or pollen stuck on a strand of spider web drifting in a slight breeze, too close to the camera for it to focus.

[William Seger]

3. I'll creatively speculate it's a bug

... very close to the camera, so it's out of focus.

[CrispyQ]

4. Nighttime hangout spot?

Is that a chipper?

[Beringia]

6. There is corn in the box, they fill the bin overhead

and it releases corn every so often. The webcam is sponsored by Chevrolet.

[CrispyQ]

7. Thanks! I would never have guessed that.

It looks like a giant chipper to me. I thought it was full of chopped up trees/branches & the critters were checking it out.

[MLAA]

8. Whatever it is, it didn't spook the deer!

[Bayard]

9. Yup

Looks like a ghost.

[Beringia]

10. Since I believe in the possibility of ghosts, this was my thought too

[jberryhill]

11. Deer can't see ghosts, but a camera can?

Obviously, the deer that walks into the foreground is not at all bothered by the presence of something moving around, so it's most likely a camera/lighting artifact of some kind, and we know utterly nothing about the physical arrangement of the camera and the lights. It also obviously an IR lighting arrangement of some kind, since the animals are casting shadows - so it's not passive IR.