#BetterHardware

Made a birdbox! Out of scrapped planks that used to be a boardwalk over a peat bog at a field site, and old Festival adverts, serving both as a hinge and waterproofing for the roof

This was an optional evening of woodwork, tomorrow we fit a 3D printed enclosure inside the roof with temperature/motion sensors, an ESP32 board with LoRa, and ponder how else we might be more connected to any birds that choose to make a life inside the box
#BirdBox #BetterHardware

A painted thumbnail shown opening the roof (it can be kept shut with nails and string)A birdbox made from scrap wood and an old Festival poster

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