This paper describes a protocol that uses a remote video monitoring surveillance system to continuously monitor breeding colonies of ground-nesting waterbirds. The system includes five cameras monitoring individual nests and one camera monitoring the colony as a whole, and is powered by car batteries that are recharged via solar panels.
Wall, J. L., Marbán, P. R., Brinker, D. F., Sullivan, J. D., Zimnik, M., Murrow, J. L., McGowan, P. C., Callahan, C. R., Prosser, D. J. A Video Surveillance System to Monitor Breeding Colonies of Common Terns (Sterna Hirundo). J. Vis. Exp. (137), e57928, doi:10.3791/57928 (2018).