Haven’t seen any useful ‘how to’ videos about using the Birdweather PUC for iNaturalist users, so …
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I’ve been wondering how to get the more use out of my PUC. Cool video. Seems like kind of a pain to get the recordings over to iNat. I’m glad you filter for your best recordings.
Definitely not for everyone, but as far as I can tell, it’s the best device of it’s type currently available.
That’s a cool little device. I have a Terra in my yard and the ID software is incredibly bad. Very disappointing. This one seems to have a good handle on the local birds.
This uses the same AI as the BirdNET app, which I’ve used for a long time and found to be quite good. Additionally, they’ve started adding insects & frogs.
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You also have recorders like Song Meter Micro 2 AA from wildlifeacoustics, and Owl Sense Wildlife Audio Recorder…
They are cheaper, offer longer recordings (> 10+ days, instead of 2), but you need to handle the files yourself to identify the species with BirdNet for example.
They might be more appropriate for studies… this one looks easier to use by anybody.
Yes, there are other options but I can get as many days as I need depending on how big a power bank I decide to get or wish to carry.
If I wanted to use this for a long term remote study, I would want Wifi and solar battery power.
@sc_beetles Thanks for putting together that tutorial! It’s great to see others putting Birdweather PUC observations on iNaturalist.
I’ve tried to make it easier to pull detections into iNaturalist myself and put together this page that uses the BirdWeather API: https://deefinder200.github.io/birdweather-detections/
Code Repository: https://github.com/deefinder200/birdweather-detections
Anyone can feel free to use it and/or take the code and update it. You’ll have to find your Station ID # (instead of the name) which you can get by going to the app and clicking the Gear next to your station. Unfortunately it’s limited by what can be done with the API so it doesn’t have some of the nice features that the app has or like you have in your tutorial where you get a full list of recordings for a species in the area.
By the way, I also have a HaikuBox in my yard which is like Terra and there is also the AudioMoth which is similar to the recorders that @s-e brought up. It’s a great time for bioacoustics, that’s for sure!
Thanks for sharing - I’ll give it a try.