Analyzing Bird Song

John Reist

@ReistJohn
| he him

Retired and live in New Brunswick Canada on rural woodlot

Groups

Acoustics

When I go out and work on building trails in my woodlot here in New Brunswick Canada, I usually have my phone hanging from a branch with Merlin running. Amazing the number of birds that are here.

Now I want to place an AudioMoth or a Song Meter Micro in the woods so I can record and identify what birds are in my wood 24/7.

What software do I use to Analyze bird song recorded on an AudioMoth or a Song Meter Micro or other device

Panji Gusti Akbar

@crazybirdguy | Him

Field Biologist at Yayasan Cikananga Konservasi Terpadu, Indonesia, with experience and interest mainly in ornithology, citizen science and bioaccoustic

18 July 2025 9:44am

Hi John,

You can try upload it to BirdNEt or try using BirdNET GUI

I believe BirdNET's native classifier is already good enough for the majority of north american birds.

Tessa Rhinehart

@tessa_rhinehart | she/her

University of Pittsburgh

Studying macroecology and conservation using bioacoustics

24 July 2025 5:08pm

Another option you can try is HawkEars, which is a classifier made particularly for Canadian birds. Unlike BirdNET, it doesn't have a graphical interface, though.