AI boosts bird sound identification accuracy

In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The ...
Discover Wildlife

Buzzing chainsaws, clattering machine guns and metallic hammering: 7 of the weirdest bird noises on Earth

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...
Marin Independent Journal

Get to know the bird sounds of autumn

“I’m… so… tired.” One September morning, you’ll hear those three plaintive, descending notes emerge from the edge of the yard, a new sound in this quiet ...

Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape

The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect ...
Los Angeles Times

Birdwatching includes bird-listening. How to connect with nature by recording birdsong

If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...
NPR

Bird Sounds Recorded from Far Afield

Listener Jonathan Meiburg traveled far to find caracaras and albatrosses. We like to take advantage of the fact that we are an oral medium, and use sounds to bring you snapshots of life. You send us ...