Intro to BirdNET-Pi: Eavesdropping on my feathered friends
15 hours ago
- #birdwatching
- #privacy
- #RaspberryPi
- BirdNET-Pi is an application built on the BirdNET model by Cornell Lab of Ornithology for passive acoustic monitoring of birds.
- The setup involves a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with a microphone to record and analyze bird sounds, filtering out human speech for privacy.
- The system captures 15-second audio clips, converts them to spectrograms, and uses the BirdNET model to identify bird species.
- Privacy considerations are emphasized, including informing household members and guests about the always-on microphone.
- The project is designed to be affordable, easy to set up, and giftable, with detailed instructions provided.
- BirdNET-Pi includes a web server for visualizing detections and configuring settings, with options to exclude human speech.
- The author shares personal experiences and data from their setup, showing variations in bird activity over months.
- Future posts may cover interpreting results, tuning settings, and making the installation more robust.