Thank you very much!

Yes, thank you!

That's great, we are in no hurry since this would be for next year's reproduction season. We would also be interested in the Ai that you mention if it's able to detect big size birds (working with the southern ground hornbill). That way the camera would trigger whenever the parents enter the nestbox. I asked a little bit and solar panels shouldn't be an issue. But to explain it in a more detailed way (exactly what will be need it, which camereas can be paired with the program, anything else relevant, etc) maybe we could keep the conversation through email: quimagell@hotmail.com

Im trying to explain everything to my bosses and would be great to know exactly what will be needed besaides solar panels and the camera (since this kind of technology is really new we might need some clear instructions and guidance, my knowlodge extens to CT and solar panels to power survillance cameras at nests but that would be it..). Thanks so much before hand!

Thanks for the advice Wade!

It will be great to hear Tim's feedback, but thanks for your advice! I think Lithium batteries are the next step for us. I have successfully gotten it working with a power bank attached, but that really impedes its portability. Will also fiddle around with the GPS per your recommendations...

Hello Walter

Thanks for your input. I have achieved better results with the puc when hooking it up to a powerbank. Have got them set up to "recording only", and GPS to low power mode. Looking to now try eliminating the need for a power bank as that impairs the portability of the puc.

Carly!

Está fantástica la lista. Me gusta la idea de diferenciar las colecciones de sonido y los conjuntos de dato para machine learning. 

Acá comparto información sobre nuestra colección de sonidos ambientales:

• Colección de Sonidos Ambientales: https://colecciones.humboldt.org.co/sonidos/ , Multiple taxa, Global, 25k recordings, 1.3k species, mantenido por el Instituto Humboldt desde 1997.

Este recurso de BioacousticsIA me pareció particularmente interesante ya que está público, tiene una clara estrategia para mantenerlo al día y está diseñado para incluir muchos detalles sobre los conjuntos de grabaciones.

Muchas gracias! :D

Thanks, Troy! Makes sense. Average winter lows where we'll be deploying are right around freezing-- perhaps a few days that dip into the 20*F range, but not many. Definitely colder than is ideal for alkalines... but maybe Energizer Ultimate Lithium AAs would get them through?

My collaborators are hoping to monitor through the cold season for multiple years, so if they end up purchasing new units for this project specifically, I will steer them towards OwlSense units! We've been super happy with them at IBP.

Very helpful; thank you, Akiba!

Thanks Kim.  Primo makes some good microphones and undeniably they are going to be better than any MEMS microphone.  I do think folks underestimate what MEMS can do these days.  Infineon really did some remarkable work with their IM73D122 microphone.  It's significantly better than what's in an AudioMoth and even though its rated at the same SNR of a WA Micro, it subjectively sounds much better to me and others I've talked to.  I'm excited to see what Infineon launches next, they've been leading the way with MEMS mics the last few years.  Fortunately, Owl Sense is designed with a separate microphone board with the goal of offering better user-replaceable microphones when they are available!