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16 days agoMost non-battery powered reolink cameras have an https web server interface, as well as support for any 3rd party app through open onvif and rtsp protocols.
The bad part is, you typically need to turn those functions on with their app…
Fortunately they don’t require a an account or login to do that!
I have several of their “E1 outdoor” ptz models, highly recommend the “cx” model with the starlight sensor for amazing night vision, although it looks to be backordered at the moment.
Edit: missed the bit about birds, you’d probably want one of their simple fixed outdoor cams like the RLC-510A or WA depending on whether you prefer wifi or Ethernet.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but the party line is that only unencrypted chat can be read by the server side ai. if you try to have it summarize an encrypted chat it will tell you it can’t