With summertime in full swing for those of us in the northern hemisphere, it’s common to hear quite a symphony of birds outside. If you’re not an avid birdwatcher, it can be hard to tell which ones are which. That’s where projects like this one come in from maker and developer Hermy65, as he’s known as over at Reddit. Using our favorite SBC, the Raspberry Pi, Hermy65 has created a smart bird feeder that uses machine learning to identify the birds that stop by for a snack.
According to Hermy65, the project is an amalgam of open-source tools that others created that work in tandem to help bring his final project idea to fruition. The original concept was to create a bird feeder that lures in unsuspecting guests with tasty food. A camera then captures an image of the avian visitor and processes the image to determine what species of bird it is.
