Raspberry Pi Automated Bird Recording System: Rev 2
I invested in a better USB microphone to replace the $18 Cmteck desktop unit that I used for my first swag at the BirdNET Pi. I wanted an omnidirectional microphone with a 24-bit, 48 kHz ADC and no in situ signal processing intended to “improve” the signal. The best-reviewed microphone that fit the bill was…
Automated Bird Audio Recognition With A Raspberry Pi
I have a Raspberry Pi that I’ve been tinkering with for years, learning its personality while looking for a useful, novel application for it. I can now report that it is employed full-time in a worthy undertaking: as an automated listening and analysis station for bird vocalizations, using the BirdNET-Pi program. This idea had been…
Birding in Valle del Cauca, Colombia
After finishing up in Argentina, we wanted to break up the trip back north to the US. Colombia is perfectly positioned for this: with Bogatá being only about six hours from Buenos Aires and under four hours from Miami. We had done three trips previously in the country, but had not yet visited Calí or…
Birding Despite Disability 