Stephen ChaseyI've added email alerts so I can know when a bird has dropped someting in the hole. It also helps know which videos will show deposit events. It uses the python library smtplib and using it with gmail is pretty straightforward.
The feeder started the day with plenty of litter.
And ended up almost empty.
32 deposit events. Only one by a pigeon :)
Email alert changes are checked in to https://github.com/src1138/VMFB-MC.
Set the SMTP config constants at the top of the file. You can create a thread to call this from any function and pass an event name.
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Has any bird brought an object from outside the tray yet?
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Not yet. That's the holy grail of these things.
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That sounds like it's not commonly achieved. Has anyone managed it (that you know of)?
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Just a few have been successful at this.
- Christophe Vieren
- Steve Joy
- Hans Forsberg
- Tomas and Olof Morsing
I have a page describing other similar projects I've found here (including the guys above): https://hackaday.io/page/38619-bird-litter-for-food-projects
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