A tiny microphone and site to track birds outside your window
14 hours ago
- #raspberry-pi
- #bird-monitoring
- #DIY-project
- Avian Visitors is a fork of BirdNET-Pi with a kachō-e collage overlay for monitoring birds via a Raspberry Pi and USB microphone.
- Installation involves flashing Raspberry Pi OS, connecting a USB mic, and running a script that sets up BirdNET-Pi for audio capture and species identification.
- Options to forward the collage off LAN include Cloudflare Tunnel for public HTTPS access, Home Assistant REST sensor for automations, and an MQTT bridge for integration.
- Collage illustrations are generated using Gemini's image model with a prompt for Edo-period kachō-e woodblock print style, and include silhouettes for layout packing.
- The frontend uses a center-out spiral packing algorithm with viewport-aware tile sizing, polls for new detections every 30 seconds, and includes interactive species detail modals.