Well, he couldn’t see the camera attachments well enough to work on them with his hand in front of his eyes, so he picked up a part of a plant growing outside the entrance to peek through tiny areas while obscuring its view of him.
Yeah, this video definitely shows him using the plant to block the camera.
https://x.com/TerriblePic/status/2021291523674079715
Your observation is very smart. Makes a lot of sense out of what otherwise appears to be a peculiar thing the perp did.