Anyone have any recommendations for a deck-mounted camera to spot animals? Recently we found some animal turds in an isolated corner of our deck where we seldom look because it’s a very narrow, somewhat useless sheltered spot between our chimney and the deck railing. We cleaned it up using the cat litter scoop and the usual cat litter bags.
Well, the other day there were turds in the same spot again, and there were also some on our next-door neighbor's deck. We told her about them, but unlike us, she swept them off into her backyard. (I didn’t want to do that because our AC unit is close to being underneath the area in question. The AC unit is also a reason why I can’t go out there and "mark my territory" by pissing all over the place.) And this afternoon there is another one on each of our decks.
About all I know is that they’re not from a small animal, like a squirrel, nor are they from a feral cat. The turds are too large for either of those. I tend to suspect a raccoon or an opossum. So I was thinking the thing to do is to put up a camera aimed at that area of the deck to catch it when it next shows up because that way we'd know what kind of animal we’re dealing with and then do our research accordingly.
And thus my question: Does anyone have any recommendations for a good camera for this sort of task? I see Ring has "stick-on" camera for $40 that might be a useful idea because (1) we have a Ring doorbell and account already and (2) the camera could then easily be used for other purposes after this issue is resolved. But I also see there are lots of cameras focused on the wildlife scenario and I wonder whether those might make more sense. I know whatever we get needs to have night vision capability because the odds are it’s a nocturnal critter.
Thanks in advance.
