Chapter 7Watching the Birds
Sometimes all you need to do to get inspiration for a project is step outside for some fresh air and take a look around. If you have trees or bushes in your yard, there are sure to be birds occasionally perching on them. Want to see them up close? Then this project is tailored for just that purpose.
In exchange for some bird seed and a sheltered place to eat them, birds will be ideal photographic subjects to point a Raspberry Pi camera at. Rather than waiting around next to a bird feeder for a bird to land and strike the perfect pose, use your Pi, a motion sensor, and some Go code to trigger the camera when the bird approaches the feeder perch to trade their image for a free meal. Automatically post these captured ...
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