Hello folks,
My wife is a very casual bird watcher and I wanted to get her something related for her birthday. There is a bird feeder on kickstarter with a camera built in that sends you pictures of birds eating at the feeder right to your phone. I thought this would be a pretty spiffy idea but the product won't launch for at least a year. Then I thought I could recreate the product pretty easily with a solar powered wifi security camera. And THEN I wondered if people had already gone down this rabbit hole before and had some recommendations to smooth the way.
Ideally a camera that doesn't have a wide angle lens on it but honestly I'd go for anything that could take quality pictures (quality for a phone screen anyway). Decent software that would take pictures and push notifications to a phone is a definite plus.
Thoughts? Thank you in advance for any guidance.
My wife is a very casual bird watcher and I wanted to get her something related for her birthday. There is a bird feeder on kickstarter with a camera built in that sends you pictures of birds eating at the feeder right to your phone. I thought this would be a pretty spiffy idea but the product won't launch for at least a year. Then I thought I could recreate the product pretty easily with a solar powered wifi security camera. And THEN I wondered if people had already gone down this rabbit hole before and had some recommendations to smooth the way.
Ideally a camera that doesn't have a wide angle lens on it but honestly I'd go for anything that could take quality pictures (quality for a phone screen anyway). Decent software that would take pictures and push notifications to a phone is a definite plus.
Thoughts? Thank you in advance for any guidance.