Birds on the Preserve
One of the goals of The Nature Institute is to provide habitat for many different species. We like to monitor the species that call TNI home from time to time and recently came across a way to passively monitor the bird species that are here year round and just during migration.
BirdWeather is a pioneering visualization platform that harnesses the BirdNET artificial neural network to monitor bird vocalizations globally through 2000 active audio stations (and growing). The platform acts as a comprehensive, evolving digital repository, accessible via a user-friendly map interface that showcases real-time data integration. Equipped with advanced bioacoustic technologies such as the BirdWeather PUC—featuring environmental sensors and a neural engine in a weatherproof enclosure—BirdWeather facilitates easy recording and automatic cloud processing of bird sounds, aiding conservation efforts and ecological studies. By analyzing bird population behaviors and changes, BirdWeather provides valuable insights into environmental shifts, engaging the public in global citizen science initiatives through its web dashboard and mobile app.
The Nature Institute has five PUCs set up around the preserve to listen to the sounds around. We have recorded 117 species in the time they have been up and are working on finding the best way to share that data with you. We will update this page periodically to share that information.
The map highlights where the passive listening devices are currently set up. You can zoom in and drag the map around to see the different areas. As you click on each dot, the common name of the bird and other information will pop up. You can make the map full size by clicking the box in the upper right corner.
If you want to see pictures of the birds being seen at The Nature Institute, use the links below to see recent detections, hear the songs of the birds, and see pictures. The Mississippi Sanctuary PUC is the only one connected to WiFi, so it will always be up to date. The others have to be collected every few weeks and the data uploaded manually, so the bird observations will always be at least 2 weeks behind.