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Looking for a place to discuss camera trap troubleshooting, compare models, collaborate with members working with other technologies like machine learning and bioacoustics, or share and exchange data from your camera trap research? Get involved in our Camera Traps group! All are welcome whether you are new to camera trapping, have expertise from the field to share, or are curious about how your skill sets can help those working with camera traps. 

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Lead Software Engineer, Wildlife Insights

Nicole Flores

10 August 2022 at 11:06pm

Are you creative, love new challenges and have experience developing software? The Wildlife Insights team is hiring! Join a diverse team of ecologists, data scientists, engineers and machine learning experts to protect...

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Dealing with Cows whilst camera trapping

David Tosh

5 August 2022 at 11:17am

Morning everyone.I am having a big issue with cows knocking over camera traps and was hoping the wider group might be able to throw up some solutions. The project I am...

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Kim Lane

9 August 2022 at 12:02am

Hi David,

 

Harold is correct. Cattle do like to use anything to scratch against. They are also pretty inquisitive.  

Cattle don't like shadows or flowing rubbish/ material. So attach a flag post near the camera or build a cage around it. Yet with a cage, cattle will most likely rub up against it. 

Never ending cycle of the scratching vs what you don't want moved

 

David Tosh

9 August 2022 at 03:22pm

I like the idea of supplying them with a scratching post solution, I will look into that. Thorns/gorse is also a great idea. 

Thanks very much for the suggestions! I will let you know what works!

 

David Tosh

9 August 2022 at 03:24pm

Hi Kim,

Thanks for the response. I think they can hear our cameras clicking when they are set off and they come to see what is happening so I would totally agree with the inquisitive cows!

I will try the flag idea as building cages is just not going to be practical with soil depth.

 

Thanks for the suggestion! 

 

Cheers

Dave 

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Identify animal from Image

Jitendra Hushare

2 August 2022 at 01:37am

I am thankful to the members of Wildlabs net for giving us the right information to enable us to plan Bioacoustics solution implementation. It seems to be on track as of now....

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Akiba

2 August 2022 at 02:54am

Hi Jitendra.

If they are still images, many people are using Megadetector to analyze their images. I'm not sure how it will do in species classification, but it can tell you if there are images of interest in the shots. Others here can probably give you more detailed instructions on how to use it to batch process camera trap images.

 

Tom August

2 August 2022 at 10:24am

Have you considered creating a Kaggle competition? If you already have lots of images, and some that have been labelled, then this could be a good way to get people working on a solution

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Wolverine Data Technician

WCS

29 July 2022 at 01:59pm

WCS Canada is seeking a Data Technician with a keen eye for detail to support its Wolverine Conservation Program. The Data Technician will be responsible for classifying wildlife photos taken with motion-sensor cameras...

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Floating mount/base for cameratrap?

Chris Whittier

23 June 2022 at 02:36pm

We're monitoring a wetlands ecosystem and after losing some cameras to flooding and treefalls and being interested in detecting some of the swimmers (beavers, otters, etc.) while...

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Carly Batist

23 June 2022 at 08:49pm

@Rob_Appleby @Freaklabs 

Akiba

24 June 2022 at 06:07am

I haven't tried anything like a floating mount for camera traps so would love to stay posted on how it goes. It would open up a lot of possibilities, but it sounds quite complicated too.

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Thermal cameras for monitoring visitors in highly vulnerable conservation areas

Alex González

21 June 2022 at 03:44pm

Hi everybody, Im Alex González, a consultant and researcher in sustainable tourism and conservation. I'm currently consulting a conservation organisation for the development...

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Carly Batist

21 June 2022 at 09:20pm

You should talk with the folks at Arribada Initiative, like @Alasdair, as they've used thermal cameras to automatically detect polar bears & alert local response teams (to avoid human-wildlife conflict). The folks at ConservationAI are also doing similar work. RESOLVE also has the Trailguard system 

Most of the geofencing projects I know of are working with tags rather than cameras (e.g., LionShield, Save the Elephants) but it sounds like that wouldn't be as relevant for your needs.

The Conservation Tech Directory may have other examples as well.  

Alex González

22 June 2022 at 07:14am

Thanks! Actually a major concern is wether thermal cameras could substitute the use of eco-counters, and therefore save money and reduce complexity in data analysis. 

I will contact them.

Kennedy Muriithi

23 June 2022 at 01:41pm

At Ol Pejeta, through the Kifaru Rising project, we have 19 FLIR thermal cameras that we use to address poaching as a conservation challenge.

The cameras have been deployed along a key fence line and are monitored 24/7 by a dedicated team.

The cameras have inbuilt analytics capabilities which allow us to design virtual fences/boundaries. 

An Alert is  generated whenever a human or vehicles crosses the virtual fence. Following an alert, appropriate ranger action is undertaken depending on the video content recorded with each alert.

I think the Alert feature available with these cameras could be leveraged to monitor the wildlife visitor interaction, seeing as a video clip is recorded with each alert, the thermal video clips could be reviewed to assess the wildlife-human interaction effects.

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