Bird Song Monitoring

two people reaching up into tree to install a small audiomoth circuit board

Citizen scientists place an audiomoth sound monitor in an oak tree at the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve

data analysis screen with sonogram of a bird call on right and editing features on left

Arbimon visualizer tool allows the user to train the computer to automatically identify bird calls in recordings

small green circuit board in plastic ziploc bag

Audiomoth recorders

two people reaching up into tree to install a small audiomoth circuit board
data analysis screen with sonogram of a bird call on right and editing features on left
small green circuit board in plastic ziploc bag

Bird Song Monitoring

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2017 to present

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This pilot project engages community members in long-term bird monitoring studies at three restoration sites in the Navarro River watershed in Anderson Valley. Through deploying recording devices and uploading the recordings to the Arbimon software platform, bird-song recordings are now readily available for long-term studies by students or community members. The project introduced the community to new technologies that can transform the way we see the world. The goal of the project was to increase participants’ personal connection to the environment while gathering crucial data on changes in bird diversity over time.  

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Bird Monitoring for Riparian Health. Final Report to Community Foundation report
 

 

Keywords: restoration creek, boonville, audiomoth, chris halle