Living Observatory Sensor Network

To begin at the beginning,

Those of us who follow the progress of the wetland restoration at the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary are deeply attached to the central stream cam. How could it fail? What had gone wrong? In order to understand the nature of the failure and what would be involved in fixing it, Brian and I committed to a recon mission, a trek out across the microtopography that characterizes the restored land surface to inspect the stream cam.

Severed cables greet us.

Brian examines the evidence, and, with some sense of certainty, concludes that a rodent is the likely culprit. The good news is that this is probably fixable; the not so good news is that we had to return to the barn for some cable.

As we made our way back to the barn,

the afternoon light invited Brian to pause here and there to take photographs. Some of these photographs appear at end of Brian's post. By the time we return, the light was beginning to fade. Brian put camera aside and set to work.

Brian considers his strategy.

The camera end is secured first.

The cable is then connected in the box.

Success. The camera is back on line.

Brian makes some minimal adjustments to the framing and we are ready to clean up and pack up.