The Birdometer v0.1a

Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:18:02 +0000

The Birdometer v0.1a

Introduction

There’s an old Russian proverb: “Make a birdometer, it will be really fun.”

So I did.

My amazing girlfriend and I like birds. We have some hummingbird feeders. We have two Arduinos. We want to start taking data about our bird guests. So, we bought some sensors from the amazing Al Lasher’s Electronics Store in Berkeley. Then we made our “birdometer” by connecting an arduino to a passive infrared sensor, a small microphone, a Canon EOS 5D camera, and a PC. We then wrote some code to make the arduino trigger the camera shutter when the infrared sensor detects motion. We are also recording audio samples of the birds from the mic and sending them to the PC via USB.

Photography on galvanist

The Birdometer v0.1a

The Birdometer v0.1a

Introduction