Category Archives: Year 13

BirdNET-Pi Menu Command Screenshots

Year 13

This post is provided to assist the understanding of organizations with whom I will be meeting in the near future. For my readers benefit, I am now working (volunteering) with additional conservation organizations across Minnesota in addition to the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog in terms of assisting them with birdsong research as it relates to conservation projects, including but not limited to the building and configuring of birdsong listening station.

As a fyi … a few days ago, I was featured in an article published by the Minnesota Star Tribune (my home state’s largest newspaper which is based in Minneapolis) about my work in birdsong research. Here is the weblink to that interview.  You may experience paywall issues.

BirdNET-Pi has two web based viewing options:

  1. On your OWN local network, via your browser you may utilize the extensive menu options given later in this post. Learn more about BirdNET-Pi.
  2. From any computer connected to the internet, IF the owner of the birdsong listening station has chosen to make their birdsong public via BirdWeather.Com, you may view the most current sound ID’s, listen to those sound files, and change to your preferred custom dates. Learn more.

Here are the BirdNET-Pi menu command screenshots. You MUST be on your own local wifi network, and on the SAME network to which the BirdNET-Pi is connected.

01: Overview

02: Today’s Detections

03: Spectrogram

04: Best Recordings

05A: Species Stats 1

05B: Species Stats 2 (Great Gray Owl)

05C: Species Stats 3 (Northern Flicker)

05D: Species Stats 4 (Northern Flicker)

06: Daily Charts

07: Weekly Report

08A: Recordings 1

08B: Recordings 2

09: View Log (if the probability of a match does not exceed 70% after the seven software attempts, it discards that attempted ID)

10: Tools (password access only)

11A: Settings 1 (password access only)

11B: Settings 2 (password access only)

12A: Species Management 1 (password access only)

12B: Species Management 2 (password access only)

12C: Species Management 3 (password access only)

12D: Species Management 4 (password access only)

This is what my BirdNET-Pi box looks like. My finger is included to help folks better understand the size of my birdsong listening device. It is small. No monitor or keyboard is required for ongoing operation. The only two items attached to this small computer (pictured in photo) are the power cord, and USB microphone.

My BirdNET-Pi lives inside my home office, but the USB microphone hangs out the window.

End of Blog Post. Contact Rich for detailed explanations, but read this post to learn what is involved in building this small computer and installing / configuring the software.

Winter Birding with Heated / Electric Gloves

Year 13,

Longer time readers know I have been searching for a warm, reliable gloves and/or mittens for my winter hikes in the severe cold of Northeastern Minnesota. My approach had been winter gloves inside of large choppers (mittens). While this solution is warm, when I remove my choppers/gloves combination to work on trailcams, or adjust camera settings, it is  almost always impossible to warm up my fingers upon putting my gloves/choppers back on my hands.

Right after Christmas I noticed electric gloves were on sale for about $100, and I decided to make the purchase. I had tried heated gloves a few years back, and was underwhelmed. Oh my, the pair I bought from Snow Deer are fantastic! Some of the changes since I first tried a heated gloves a few years back were (make certain you confirm these options if you purchase a pair of electric gloves or mittens):

  • Batteries are stronger and last longer (get at least 3,000 mAh batteries).
  • Heating elements for some gloves reach into the fingers
  • Better gloves have insulation qualities even if NOT turned on
  • Get backup batteries! A pair of 3,500 mAh batteries cost $20.
  • I paid $105 for my gloves from Snow Deer, on sale via Amazon.

This begs the question, how have I tested these gloves? Twice I used my gloves while photographing Snowy Owls when the temperature was 2F outside. During each “photo session”, I was able to wear my heated gloves while pressing the camera’s shutter. At times I removed my gloves to make camera settings adjustments, but my fingers warmed up immediately upon placing the heated gloves back on my hands. Each photo session lasted about 15 minutes.

My second test was a 70 minute hike up at Greenwood. While the temperature was mild, 28F, my hands did not get cold even when I removed them to work on trailcams. Upon putting gloves back on after trailcam work, my fingers warmed up immediately within 30 seconds. I was using the lowest setting for heat. Thus, I tested my new gloves both while taking photographs, and while hiking.

The Gloves and a Forest Fire Warning (Not!)

Winter Walk in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (video link for email subscribers)

Momma Moose in a Winter Wonderland

Year 13

The Greenwood Creek area is gorgeous right now. All the ice fog and snow we have had over the past week has flocked the trees in a most amazing way. It will take me a while to work through my images and videos, but for starters here is Momma Moose from two mornings ago …

Momma Moose (still ice fog in air)

Greenwood Creek Birdfeeders Trail: Sun is burning through the ice fog. Trail is well protected from the wind and packed down by snowmobiles (very few sleds). Saw 3 Black-backed woodpeckers.

Creekwood Creek: 400 yards north of bird feeder parking area via Lake County Hwy 2

Greenwood Lake Public Boat Access: 800 yards north of bird feeder parking area via Lake County Hwy 2Park here … bird across the road … foot packed trails. American Three-Toed Woodpeckers have been seen via the trail. You will be on Nature Conservancy land.