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discussion / Acoustics  / 26 August 2024

Any users of the BirdWeather device?

Iqbal Bhalla

Iqbal Bhalla

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Saskatchewan investigating biodiversity change in agriculture, primarily using bioacoustics.

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Hi everyone, 

Does anyone have any experience using the BirdWeather acoustic recorder/platform (https://www.birdweather.com)? They seem to have a price point similar to an audiomoth (when including the SD card, rechargeable batteries and case), with a whole host of other hardware built in (GPS, temperature sensor, etc). I'm curious about whether users have had a good experience with them. 

Thanks!



Luciano Moreira Lima
@calyptura

27 August 2024 2:14am

I have one installed in my yard (check in the link)

It is an autonomous sound recorder, but focused on real-time a.i. bird identification using BirdNet and they still need to have a connection to the internet to work properly. You can use it in the field without the internet, but as soon it connects to the internet again it is going to upload the recordings on their cloud to be identified. It gets a lot of species right, but, at least with Brazilian birds, there is also a lot of errors. 

It also can't be programmed to record as an audiomoth or WildLife Acoustics recorders. For example 1 minute of recording every 10 minute.

I don't know if I helped, but if you have any specific questions I can try to answer them.

Best,

Luciano