Welcome to Day Two of our eighth annual #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge! 

It's been another exciting day of watching photos and videos coming in from community members around the world - and just like yesterday, we're delighted to see more new faces joining the challenge, as well as people sharing multiple threads to give us a complete story about their projects. So far, we've seen marine tech, biologging gear, camera traps, drones, AI, bioacoustics tools, and more!

Explore today's entries below, and join our #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge on on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn by using the hashtag #Tech4Wildlife now through July 28th!

Here's your round-up of today's #Tech4Wildlife Twitter highlights:

The #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge is a great time to provide an update on the Bearcam Companion (https://t.co/MjSC6lkmMJ), a web application leveraging #CitizenScience and my work with @bearid_project to identify the bears on the @exploreorg bear cams (1/7) pic.twitter.com/N7MwGSZuB7

— Ed Miller 🐻 (@bluevalhalla) July 26, 2023

Finally, I visited @KatmaiNPS's Brooks Falls earlier in July, where I was interviewed by @FitzIke and saw some of the bears like 151 Walker, 128 Grazer and 901 and her 3 cubs #tech4wildlife (7/7) pic.twitter.com/FdNHto7nNb

— Ed Miller 🐻 (@bluevalhalla) July 26, 2023

To start off my #Tech4Wildlife posts this week, I present a DIY antenna for grizzly bear tracking. Made by the brilliant and tenacious @RyderDAR . I've heard it works better than store bought antenna 📡 pic.twitter.com/iS69YEWzSd

— Alyssa Bohart (@AMBohart) July 25, 2023

It's the #Tech4Wildlife photo contest this week! Once again this year I got to participate in collating Caribou to understand their movements across the landscape and use of habitats in Ontario's Boreal forest. Capture can be challenging and dangerous unless you have the most pic.twitter.com/oIpq1ie7zH

— Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social (@n8rnerd) July 25, 2023

Day2 #Tech4Wildlife

👉Our Giant Armadillo Project 🇧🇷, through combined telemetry and camera traps, is studying the biggest and rarest of all armadillos: the giant armadillo.

The species is currently listed as 'Vulnerable to Extinction' by the @IUCN @WILDLABSNET @ReconyxInc pic.twitter.com/0uHgN3yZny

— Icas - Wild Animal Conservation Institute (@IcasWild) July 25, 2023

CREA's Margay Project uses tech developed by the arborist community to access the rainforest canopy to install cameratraps, without it, behaviour of arboreal nocturnal mammals would remain a mystery. #Tech4Wildlife #petzlfoundation #yalecordage #dmmwales @dbtree @CocoboloNature pic.twitter.com/pZxRLcTlGb

— lucy hughes (@lucy_lucycawte) July 25, 2023

This rolling behavior is common in #sharks, including leopards. They are rubbing their head, back, and sides on the sand, likely trying to dislodge ectoparasites, like these copepods. @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean #sharkscience #sharkweek #Tech4Wildlife (underwater video by Kenneth Merk) pic.twitter.com/7vonX29rgu

— Andrew Nosal (@AndrewNosal) July 25, 2023

I love using #Tech4Wildlife because it enables me to see what I normally would not see. It is great for nestbox monitoring - these #Chickadees were a delight earlier this season 1/5 pic.twitter.com/7BDd7Ut62E

— Ostdrossel (@Ostdrossel) July 25, 2023

Margay Project researchers using #Tech4Wildlife from the arborist community to help reach the canopy realm. Our cameratraps are revealing a hidden vertical world. #petzlfoundation #dmmwales #yalecordage pic.twitter.com/Cxwg6ksqzl

— Cocobolo Nature (@CocoboloNature) July 25, 2023

#Tech4Wildlife 🐢The project by researchers monitors tortoise movement using #SenseCAP K1100 and other sensors, gaining valuable data about their activity patterns. It can enable a comprehensive understanding of more wildlife behavior & ecosystem interactions.… pic.twitter.com/Mzwbz7cPLQ

— Seeed Studio (@seeedstudio) July 25, 2023

#Tech4Wildlife 2/2 And the full setup ready for several days of recordings. A lot of fine equipment here that needs shade from the sun. In the video you can also hear a small sample of the "sounds" (vibratory signals) recorded there! @WILDLABSNET pic.twitter.com/SgYJ5yv4wy

— Juan López (@juanetino) July 25, 2023

Identifying a single species used to take 4.5 months, it now takes minutes 🐸🗓️. By applying #AI to #acoustics for #datainsights we're expediting our ability to better inform #conservation action.



It's Day 2 of @WILDLABSNET's #Tech4Wildlife photo challenge! 🐒📸 (don't miss our… pic.twitter.com/3QrJH2jMTY

— Rainforest Connection (@RainforestCx) July 26, 2023

And here are some of the highlights we've seen on Instagram this week:

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Learn more about this year's #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge on WILDLABS, and let us know: how are YOU using #Tech4Wildlife?

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