Dear Anthony and Michal,
Many thanks for the suggestions! Anthony, I have sent you a message through the site you linked to. I'd be interested to know more about the cameras you are using.
Michal, it's good to know about Wyze - I had not come across them. We're working with the... (read more)
Updates will regularly be added in comments ! (read more)
Hi Tom,
Not sure if it's too late but the Species+ database from CITES has an API: Species+/CITES Checklist API (speciesplus.net) (read more)
Hi Andrew,
Yo need to train a lightweight DNN model for bird flocks which can then be deployed on Raspberry Pi. For initial starters, you can look into the below tutorial:
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Hi Steph! It could be either - if there was anyone out there for whom this work would be a good fit for their current role, then that would be easy, but if they needed their time paying for then I have extra funds I can apply for, which I would feel fairly confident about. (read more)
Hi Jay, Alastair,
Small world! You've got a great resource at your doorstep then (c:
Your idea of tracking the birds between known feeding locations is a good one, and it's made use of... (read more)
Joachim and Carlos,
Thank you both very much for all your help so far with this problem, all of your input is very constructive. I have had look into the CCTV tech and also that researchgate link, and both have provided me with a few more options. At the moment I am organising a visit to... (read more)
Hi Ted,
This is all very interesting. The solution you describe seems eminently doable and in fact quite cheap. So doable and cheap that it may behoove one to also ask what the higher level vision is, in order to further constrain the solution.
For instance is there a wider... (read more)
Hey Steffen,
I know you've had a student working on this challenge for the past year - how is this project progressing? If you (or your student) have a moment, it would be great to hear an update.
We are working on the identification of the threats along the flyway of the Egyptian vulture, endangered vutlure species migrating from Europe to Africa.
As powerlines represent an important danger for these raptors and other migratory birds, it is important for us to situate them. For... (read more)
This special issue of Ecological Informatics, entitled Ecological Acoustics, is a great overview of the applicatoins of acoustic monitoring in consevation and ecological study: