Live wildlife cameras in Komoka, Ontario
Live from the Fernwood forest
Watch the feeder, forest edge, and trail cameras from Fernwood Hills: forty acres of Carolinian forest in Komoka, Ontario. Our observation system, Fern, helps identify and organize the animals moving through the property.
1893
Sightings
7
Species
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Stream
Identified by Fern
A living record of the property
Fern is the Fernwood Hills wildlife observation system: camera detections, BirdNET audio, stream health, and human tuning shaped into a public nature log.
The goal is not a perfect science lab. It is a useful, honest nature log: what visited, when it showed up, which camera saw or heard it, and how confident the system was.
24/7
Live camera coverage
3
Active stream views
1893
Sightings tracked
The Cameras
Feeder, forest edge, and trail views
Each camera has a different job. Together they show how animals move through the retreat: where they feed, where they cross, what they sound like, and how the rhythm changes by time of day and season.
trough
unknownTrough Cam
A close feeder and water-trough view where deer, squirrels, chipmunks, birds, and occasional night visitors move through.
Best for: Feeder visits, deer movement, small mammals, close-up behaviour
Data: Frigate visual visits
Fern groups visual detections into visits so one animal standing at the feeder does not become a noisy pile of duplicate detections.
ptz
unknownPTZ Cam
A wider pan-tilt view across the wetland edge and forest floor, paired with bird sound identification from the live audio.
Best for: Bird calls, forest edge activity, wide wildlife movement
Data: BirdNET audio + wide camera view
Bird sounds are delayed into the public overlay so the bird name appears close to when viewers hear the call on YouTube.
hemlock
unknownHemlock Cam
A quieter trail view into the hemlock and forest path system, useful for deer, evening movement, and seasonal patterns.
Best for: Trail traffic, deer patterns, low-light forest activity
Data: Trail movement detection
Fern uses this view for slower forest movement, trail crossings, and seasonal activity away from the feeder.
Latest Activity
What Fern is seeing
Recent detections, confidence, camera source, and timestamps from Fern. Curated public data is shown first; if that feed is empty, this page falls back to the latest review/raw detections so the live data does not disappear.
Squirrel
8am | trough
Deer
6am | trough
Raccoon
10pm | trough
Chipmunk
9am | trough
Blue Jay
6am | trough
Cardinal
4pm | trough
Updated May 7, 12:35 a.m. ET
Wildlife at Fernwood Hills
A working forest, not a staged feed
The cameras are part of how we pay attention to the land. Feeders and water points help us observe patterns, but the property itself is the draw: wetland edges, hemlock cover, old logs, cabin clearings, meadow, and forty acres of quiet habitat.
White-tailed deer
Dawn, dusk, and quiet daylight windows
The most consistent larger visitor. Deer often pass through the feeder area and forest edges in small groups.
Squirrels and chipmunks
Most active through the day
The feeder camera catches fast, repeated visits. Fern groups these into visits so the public view is not just raw detection noise.
Raccoons and night visitors
Mostly after dark
Raccoons are popular but can be confused with squirrels in daylight, so Fern uses stricter confidence rules before showing them publicly.
Songbirds and woodpeckers
Morning through afternoon
BirdNET listens from the PTZ audio while the visual model watches camera frames, giving the stream both heard and seen wildlife records.
Owls, foxes, skunks, rabbits, and turkey
Occasional and seasonal
These are less predictable and more valuable as sightings because they reveal changing movement patterns across the property.
The Work Behind the Cameras
Building a better way to observe the forest
Fern is still evolving. We are tuning the model against real conditions: daylight glare, infrared night footage, feeder confusion, bird calls, false positives, and the difference between one quick detection and a real visit.
Over time, this page will become a living nature journal for Fernwood Hills: hourly sightings, species histories, camera clips, seasonal patterns, and a clearer view of what lives here when no one is watching.