Make a Backyard Bird Camera Using a Raspberry Pi 3 and a Webcam

I wanted to make a camera that would stream my backyard using a raspberry pi. So using the open-source software motion eye, I built a camera that you can attach to a bird feeder to watch the birds.

( This project is in part of the stem challenge if you like it please vote for me)

- Raspberry pi 3

- usb webcam

- hdmi cable

- sd card

-computer

- microusb cable

- powerbank

ethernet cable ( only needed for first boot )

1. download the raspberry pi imager: Raspberry Pi OS – Raspberry Pi

1. download motion eye for Raspberry pi 3: https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/releases/do...

2. open raspberry pi imager, and select custom image and select the motion eye os image

3. insert the SD card and write the image to the sd card

4. when its done writing & verifying the image eject & remove the sd card

1. insert sd card into the raspberry pi's sd card slot

2. insert the usb camera into the Raspberry pi's usb port

3. connect the hdmi cable to the raspberry pi and monitor

4. connect the raspberry pi to a ethernet jack

5. plug the Raspberry pi into power

6. on the monitor you should see a ip address type the ip address into your browser on a computer

1. in the user box type: admin and leave the password blank

2. setup the raspberry pi outside by the bird feeder

( 3. in the motion eye settings you can connect the Raspberry Pi to wifi )