Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
h a l f b a k e r y
Oh yeah? Well, eureka too.

idea: add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random

meta: news, help, about, links, report a problem

account: browse anonymously, or get an account and write.

user:
pass:
register,


                       

Bird Cam

 Clamps onto a bird's leg at your bird feeder
  (+6, -1)
(+6, -1) 		  [vote for,
against]

Makes videos of where they fly and automatically drops off when they return to your feeder again.

Then you download and watch the video.

If the bird didn't return after a day or two, the camera would just drop off anyway, but birds are pretty loyal about visiting well maintained bird feeders, do they'd most likely come back.

—doctorremulac3, Feb 13 2024

What you'd get https://www.npr.org...u-get-soaring-video
WARNING! TURN THE VOLUME DOWN!!!! For some reason they have the screaming wind turned up to 11. [doctorremulac3, Feb 13 2024]

Only vaguely related idea ... Kestrel_20Snax
[normzone, Feb 17 2024]

Please log in.
If you're not logged in, you can see what this page looks like, but you will not be able to add anything.
Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee
Destination URL. E.g., https://www.coffee.com/
Description (displayed with the short name and URL.)






       I have seen video footage from a tiny cam strapped to the back of a tame bird of prey.
—pocmloc, Feb 13 2024
   

       Me too, that's what inspired this.   

       This would be attached by a very soft, very safe bear trap looking device, obviously well padded to not hurt the bird. It would snap shut around the upper ankle and form a band like a1's link.   

       Have to be pretty light though, but cameras are getting very small these days.
—doctorremulac3, Feb 13 2024
   

       I believe birds would be able to confuse the hell outta you when they use their AI and end up just making you look like a dummy.
—blissmiss, Feb 15 2024
   

       They might already be doing that. I'm only assuming the birds at my bird feeder are real.
—doctorremulac3, Feb 16 2024
   

       I once had a lavish afternoon tea and cakes sitting in a conservatory with copious bird feeders just outside, so we could watch all the birds coming to feed. For a moment I had a panic that it was the other way around, that the birds had organised the tea and cakes to attract Humans to the conservatory for them to watch.
—pocmloc, Feb 16 2024
   

       Birds aren't real - I just saw a video about that on the internet, so I know it's true.   

       But before I knew this, I'd already posted the linked idea.   

       But I like your idea better.
—normzone, Feb 17 2024
   

       Birds are smarter than we give them credit for. You could train them to carry your tiny camera and bring it back by attaching a tether to it that retracts to the station at longer and longer intervals while a treat pops out at every retraction.
It won't take long before you wouldn't need tethers any more and the birds would take them for longer periods of time learning that they can stash away for later.		   

       Know what? You’re right. Was just watching a video of how smart one particular bird is.   

       Crows. They’re crazy smart and you could absolutely train them. I think you could then show them the videos they shot. Have a screen at the base where they return the camera where the automatically uploaded video gets played.
—doctorremulac3, Feb 18 2024
   

       I'd upvote [fries] and [DrR] comments if I could. Thankfully, this is not F-book.
—normzone, Feb 18 2024
   


 

back: main index
business  computer  culture  fashion  food  halfbakery  home  other  product  public  science  sport  vehicle