Bird Cam 2

A much simpler, sturdier design that the first version, and better looking. Only three pieces (four if you print the perch, plus a straight piece of wire.

The camera mount slides in the back of the feeder. I didn't bother sealing around it although you could.

This bird feeder that uses an off-the-shelf Wyze OG wifi camera to get close-up pictures of the birds. The Wyze OG is currently $20, which is a good deal. It has night vision, a light that you Other cam feeders I've seen on here also use Raspberry Pi and build the camera, but for $20 I couldn't be bothered, and this has the app and everything ready to go. You can view live or have it be motion-activated, and it will record any motion-activated events as a picture for later viewing, or will record video if you use an SD card. The app is easy to use.

The camera focuses to far away to be useful, however. So it needs some corrective optics. You need a lens that is 20x magnification and about 20-25mm in diameter. I used a rotary tool with a cutting wheel to get the lens out of this $10 loupe https://a.co/d/8JmiFF1 from Amazon. This will give a focal range of about 1 to 4 inches in front of the camera.

I find the cap stays on without help, but there are holes to push a piece stiff wire through to hold it in place. Bend the end of the wire 90º so you can remove it easily. I used a piece of wire coat hanger initially but it turned out not to be needed.