Fat Birds

Here is something we don't encounter everyday. While I was doing up the CCTV for the customer, one of them told me the camera was out of alignment. She even showed me the footage. Sure enough, within a few hours, the camera was moved.

The question is, by what or whom? At first I suspect the neighbours whom, with a long stick, can do a lot of mischief. But looking back carefully at the footage, no nut would do this under a hot Sun. Moreover, the incident was gradual. So, which brings me to the second conclusion: Birds.

In a post earlier, I did mention about the stand not having any grip material. This means the CCTV camera was secured to the stand via a metal-to-metal contact. Which is not a good thing since it was angle downwards. And so, when the bird or birds perched onto the camera, its weight, plus minimal grip at the stand, made the camera move.

This was the original shot

Suddenly, the camera pointed more to the left

And two minutes later, it pointed more to the left

And much much later, well, it went all the way
to the left.

And so, I got my boys to put some
silicon on to the stand. Serves them
right for taking the silicon tube. I
shot the camera from a window
pointing upwards. No, I did not
check for any bird droppings to
confirm my theory.