Beyond Merlin … Using, Building or Buying Birdsong Listening Devices with Rich Hoeg

Screenshots used during the presentation are found at the end of the formal outline.

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Introduce: Rich Hoeg

• Grew up in NE Minnesota … Forest was my playground
• 13+ Year Volunteer at Sax-Zim
• 365DaysOfBirds.Com
• Outdoorsman / Naturalist
• Greenwood Creek / Nature Conservancy Sand Lake / 7 Beavers
  • Canada Lynx Images & Video
  • Scent Tree and Bush

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Quick Overview of BirdSong Listening Stations (after Merlin)

• BirdSong Listening Stations (will cover in detail later … show each device)

• • • Consumer Devices:
      • HaikuBox: $269 (annual Subscription of $69 after year #1) (
      • BirdNET PUC: $299 (no subscription)
    • Raspberry Pi: BirdNET-Pi ($200 for parts … no subscription)
    • Off the Grid: BirdNET-Pi & OwlSense ($160 … no subscription)

• Usage Case???

• • • Research vs “Nice or Fun to Know”
    • Raw vs Already Analyzed Data
    • On or Off the Power Grid
    • Connected or Disconnected from the Cellular Grid / Internet

• BirdNET Showroom

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Using Birdsong Stations

• BirdWeather.Com

• • • Global Network of Birdsong Listening Stations

• Free (no account required)

• • • • Defaults to last 24 hours, but may select custom timelines
      • Screenshots
        • Amity Configure Example
        • Black Hills
        • Fairbanks
        • Nova Scotia
    • Examples from northern Minnesota
      • Amity Creek & Gardens (Near 1st Bridge on 7 Bridges Road)
      • Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center
      • French River Lutheran Church
      • Chik-Wauk Nature Center (Gunflint Trail)
      • Hawk Ridge Research Station
      • Northstar Lake (Marcell, Minnesota)
      • Sax-Zim Bog (Welcome Center on Owl Avenue)
      • Sax-Zim Bog (Whiteface River on Kelsey Whiteface Road)
      • Sucker River (Mouth of River on Lake Superior)

• Costa Rica Example

• • OwlSense: Elegant Trogon / Black Headed Trogon
    • Greenwood (Nature Conservancy: Sand Lake / 7 Beavers)

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Review of Devices

• BirdNET-PUC

• • Consumer Device
  • Sound Files
  • Uploaded to Cloud & Analyzed

• HaikuBox

• • Consumer Device
  • Sound Files
  • Uploaded to Cloud & Analyzed
  • Screenshots

• Raspberry Pi: BirdNET-Pi Demo

• • Configure Online / Runs Offline
  • Bird Song Analysis done locally 
  • Bird Song extract created upon Bird ID
  • SQLite (download / further studies … single bird species)
  • Screenshots
  • Demo
  • Placement of Microphone (Google Maps)

• Raspberry Pi: BirdNET-Pi Build
  • Build & Software (show & explain computer)
    • Raspberry Pi Operating System (LINUX Windows)
    • BirdNET-Pi Software
  • Local & BirdWeather
  • Raspberry Pi Connect

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Off the Grid

• OwlSense

• • • Runs off the Grid (Cellular and Power)
    • Only Collects Sound Files
    • Bird Song Analysis not done by device
    • Low Power Consumptions

• Analyze Sound Files
• • • BirdNET Analyzer (Cornell)
    • Chirpity (365 Days of Birds | Chirpity Web Site)
      • CPU + GPU (graphical processing unit)
  • Screenshots
• BirdNET-Pi (anywhere)
• Hawk Ridge Research Station (solar array)
  

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• Other Options

• • BirdNET Showroom
  • Google Perch (Google Research | GitHub Project Site)

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Screenshots (in alpha order)

Click or press upon any individual image to view at greater size.

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BirdNET-Pi

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BirdWeather

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HaikuBox

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OwlSense & Chirpity