I have been playing with the Raspberry Pi for a while now, and have been particularly interested in using it as a camera. Typically there are several running around the house, peeping out of the windows or maybe watching who comes to the door.
One day I was outside and I noticed several large holes in the planter.
Critters!I thought, “Hey, I have a bunch of cameras. Let’s watch some critters!” So I went about setting up the cameras outside.I would not call it elegant, and it certainly was not weather-proof, but it was functional, and I found out what critters were digging around out there.Rats!!!You can see in the mix of equipment I used, including one of my first camera housings.This one has a Raspberry Pi 4 and a wide-angle lens. I will break down the evolution of the design in further contributions, and critique the different efforts, but for now, back to critters.A Chickadee.We saw a few opossum wandering by.And Chipmunks.In case you are wondering what happened with our rat problem, we started seeing someone new frequent the area, and the rats disappeared.The neighbor’s cat.
