Start a BirdNETPi website for less than $100
BirdNETPi records the bird sounds around you and lets you know what birds are visiting
BirdNetPi is an amazing tool that allows you to classify birds in real-time using your Raspberry Pi. If you’re new to the world of Raspberry Pi and software installations, don’t worry! This guide will walk you through the process step by step.
Raspberry Pi’s have been in short supply and can be very expensive at this time. With that in mind this post will tell you how to use a Libre Le Potato to do the whole thing. This is the way I started and it’s very easy.
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Products You Will Need to Buy
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Needed Free Software
You will need to download the following free software.
Making Your SD Card
Make sure you have your SD Card in the adapter plugged into your computer. (You may need a USB Card Reader which you can obtain here if your computer doesn’t have one. Press the Choose button under Storage and choose your SD Card. (It is important that you make sure that you have chosen the correct card as what you choose will be completely erased and you will be warned by the Imager of this.
Choose the SD card onto which we will write the OS to. Make sure this is the right card as it will erase everything on it.
Before Pressing Write
Before pressing WRITE press the circular hamburger button in the bottom right. From here you will enable SSH, setup your wifi information, enter your username and password and set your hostname.
You should also “Enable SSH” and select to “Use password authentication”
Adjust the locale settings for your Time zone and Keyboard layout
Leave the Persistent Data Checkboxes Empty.
Using Putty
You will need to download Putty You can then look up your IP address in your router (Different routers have different ways to find the IP address for connections..look for Attached Devices or something like that and it should say RaspberryPi or whatever you made your “hostname” to above) Type the IP address into the Hostname or IP Address field in Putty and answer yes to the dialog that comes up after you press open. Login with the username and password you created above when you made the SDCard image.
Booting the Raspberry Pi
When the SD card is ready, you’ll be notified that is ok to remove it from your computer
At this point, you will put the SD card into the Raspberry Pi and will allow it a few minutes to
boot up. After a few minutes, you can move on to the next step.
Setting up the Raspberry PI
Copy and paste the command below into the terminal and press “Enter”
Note: Ctrl+Shift+V will often paste in Terminals — in PuTTY, right-click to paste
Copy to your command line
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcguirepr89/BirdNET-Pi/main/newinstaller.sh | bashSetting up BirdNETPi
Access your BirdNetPi site by opening your browser and entering the hostname, birdnetpi.local, or the IP address you used in Putty.
To set up:
- Click on “Tools” on the menu’s right side.
- Enter the username “birdnet”. Leave the password field blank.
- After logging in, go to “Settings” and finalize them.
- Correct your Latitude and Longitude if necessary and click “Update Settings”.
- Optionally, request a BirdWeather ID and explore “Advanced Settings” for more adjustments.
- Remember to change your password!
A passionate bird enthusiast and a prominent contributor to “A Feather Together.” With a keen interest in bird migratory patterns, behavior, and conservation, afeathertogether’s writings provide a deep dive into the world of avian wonders. afeathertogether also actively contributes to the BirdNetPi project, cataloging birds near the feeder. Some of the top birds detected include Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and Red-shouldered Hawk. afeathertogether also has a YouTube Channel named A Feather Together
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