6 Mar 2010
Fitting a window to a birdbox.
A problem that I noticed early on, was that the feed from the nest box was strickly black and white. The only light source, even during the day, were the 4 infra red led’s. As I didn’t want to illuminate the box at night, I figured the best thing to do would be to install a window to allow natural light in, and indeed some ready made boxes have small windows.
So, here is what I did. It’s not necessarily what you should do. I did this all in a rush in the hope that Pandora Tit wouldn’t spot me. The best way to describe it is bodged.
The window had to be opaque, so I used what I had to hand, which was two chinese takeaway containers, sandwiching a single ply of tissue. I cut the pieces to shape, around an indentation that they have, added the tissue, and glued the whole thing together, like a sandwich with a glue gun.
From there I had grand plans to cut a hole, with a grove in order to properly install the window. This was way to tricky with the tools that I had, so instead, I cut a hole slightly larger than the indentation, and gluegunned the window over it.
Sorted. Job done. I put it back on the wall and marvelled at the colour pictures. I say marvelled, grimaced is probably more accurate. It’s not exactly technicolour. As you can see I’ve poked through the end of an AV lead, with red, yellow and white connectors, and it’s all a world of grey. Perhaps the tits will look better? At least it’s a slight improvement, and should at least increase the shutter speed of the camera.
Now, all I need is a nest.






