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A little summer compilation from the Birdfy cams. I love the close-up lens on the Pro camera, so I decided to make a clip with only those videos. The bath cam has that same lens too. I finally also had a hummingbird on the hummer cam, but it was early when the light was murky. Here's to a happy Friday and weekend! (Music is called "Jazz(262270)")
Ostdrossel, how do you get started with a bird camera? Is there an affordable camera you would recommend for a beginner?
It depends on what you want. There are always options that are better or worse or more pricey or cheaper. I use different systems for different things.
My homemade "feeder cam" with an action camera (the camera has the photoburst with motion detection function but any with photo timelapse works too). I have to harvest the photos from the SD card every day and take the cam in over night. The motion trigger is hyper active, so there will be tons of unusable photos and it takes a while to go through all.
IP cameras - I am still using my old Birdsy cameras in some spots, recording and livestreaming with the help of youtube and OBS.
Wyze cameras - I use them mainly for nestboxes but they are also a cheap option for feeder or baths, maybe. They come with an app. I pay 45 bucks a year for three cam pro licenses so I don't have videos restricted to 12 seconds. The v3 and v4 are pretty good quality, and I have also used them to "stake out" locations for other cams.
An actual "feeder cam" - I use a Birdfy 2, which is quite fantastic but expensive. (I posted a more thorough review on my website and here too last year.) I think similar quality you may get from Bird Buddy and the one that WBU sells (Feather Snap?) but I cannot vouch for any of these.
Trailcams. I have started using trailcams last year and have been enjoying playing around with them a lot. The positive side is that you may get better image and sound quality than with the smart feeder cams and don't need internet or data or even wiring for them to work but you will have to harvest your footage from the SD card. Cellular ones seem to work from afar but I have not tried any because I am too cheap to pay for extra data. I have been usng three models from the Chinese company Ceyomur (the CY65, 745 and 95), and they are all three a lot of fun to work with. The best of the lot is the 75, IMO, it has the fastest reaction time, a solar panel and takes good photos and videos. All three come with a practical app (great for positioning!) and can take photos and videos at the same time (great for the harvesting stage so you don't have to watch every single video, the photos act as preview). they are all well-priced on Amazon. I also use the more expensive Browning Spec Ops elite, which has stellar video quality but does not come with an app, is not great with photos and cannot take video and photo simultaneously. I usually try to say which one I used on my posts.
Last but not least you can use a regular photo camera.
I am seeing a lot of ads for for "THE AI BIRD FEEDER" and things like that, and I would like to state that I am not using any of these birdfeeder cameras. For my photos I use a homemade setup with an action camera, and for video and streaming I use Birdsy cameras. Many of the currently available feeder cams appear to be knockoffs (makers saw products in Kickstarter that garnered a lot of attention and then proceeded to quickly produce lesser quality products and flooded the market with them). They are often pricey gadgets and not the quality they may promise to be. My opinion on this is coming from seeing posts in birding groups, as well as my own research for what is out there and promising. I can only recommend Birdsy so far because it is what I use and because I know there is a solid, authentic and diligent team behind it. My general advice would be - do some research, try to find feedback and don’t spend fortunes on bad products.
If you are a maker of a feeder cam, feel free to send me one, I will put it to the test.
Have a great Friday!
Picky and prolific. A male Whitebreasted Nuthatch and a female Downy Woodpecker. Inside the feeder are suet chunks, mealworms, grey striped and black oil sunflower seeds and some of smashed acorn kernels from the stash I collected in the fall.
In the last couple of months, I have been trying out a new camera, and I am excited to share a bit more information about it because the project is going into the next phase. The Birdsy Cam is a WiFi camera that you can set up to watch your backyard birds and critters. With the help of AI, the camera records and identifies wildlife that comes in front of it. The videos are saved in your Birdsy account that you can access from your phone or computer. From there, you can share them directly or you can download them to edit. I’ve had a ton of fun with it and it made me a bit more obsessed with my backyard birds. For one, I love that I can use the app to see what is happening in my yard no matter where I am. I’ve watched the birds bathing in realtime while I was in Germany :D The other neat aspect is that the camera fills gaps that my other feeder cam cannot always fill. Like recording the ever elusive baby Cardi <3
If you want to know more, check out their website birdsy.com. You can apply to participate in the Early Birdsy program, become a tester like myself, get a free camera and see what happens in your yard when you are not looking.
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