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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
Day2 #Tech4Wildlife
— Icas - Wild Animal Conservation Institute (@IcasWild) July 25, 2023
👉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
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
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
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.
— Rainforest Connection (@RainforestCx) July 26, 2023
It's Day 2 of @WILDLABSNET's #Tech4Wildlife photo challenge! 🐒📸 (don't miss our… pic.twitter.com/3QrJH2jMTY
And here are some of the highlights we've seen on Instagram this week:
12 likes, 0 comments - margosupplies on July 25, 2023: "Bear access to anthropogenic food sources is a main driver in Human-Bear Conflict. Margo Supplies has been installing electric fencing for over 20 years as an effective tool in conflict mitigation. . . The technology itself is well-proven and most Western Canadian Provinces require it but landfills in many other jurisdictions remain unfenced. We combine relatively straightforward technology with specific construction techniques and bear behavior to create barriers that work. . . #tech4wildlife #wildlabs".
26 likes, 3 comments - arriglobal on July 24, 2023: "This mass of nets and bamboo poles is known a FAD, or Fish Aggregating Device. FADs are man-made; usually a floating structure with buoys or floats, with hanging nets to attract fish. The impact of lost or abandoned FADs are a major concern. They include ghost fishing; entanglement with marine life (particularly sharks and turtles); acting as habitat for the spread of invasive species; and washing ashore on beaches or stranding on reefs as marine litter and causing harm to sensitive habitats, such as seagrass beds and coral reefs. We recorded this photo on one of our drone surveys at a popular snorkelling beach and in an area thought to be an important shark nursery. Our survey results allowed us to hop in the water, photograph the device in detail, and evaluate the danger of the device, noting the materials and nets used. #tech4wildlife #aerialsurvey #dronesurvey #aldfg".
152 likes, 5 comments - roguedetectionteams on July 23, 2023: "BABY WILDLIFE! 👀 One of our "boundlings" (Rogue Intern) set up #TrailCams along the trails at our HQ & JUST LOOK who they captured wandering by... 🐻 Bear cubs & fawns live on our Rogue Dog's home base in Eastern Washington! 🤎 It makes us SO happy to know that our conservation detection dog's home is also a #wildlifesanctuary. ✔️ DYK that #cameratraps are another noninvasive way to observe & study wildlife? 👉🏿 Many of the projects that we work on incorporate other noninvasive wildlife sampling methods in addition to the detection dog team methodology. 🐾 We appreciate this pawsome #Tech4Wildlife to research wildlife without the need to trap, collar, or alter the natural behavior of animals living their wild lives. 📸 Footage captured by L. Andrews, @lauryn.andrew #Squee #iheartwildlife #keepbearswild #babyanimals".
Learn more about this year's #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge on WILDLABS, and let us know: how are YOU using #Tech4Wildlife?
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