BirdNET Settings (1 Viewer)

[frrobert]

Good afternoon everyone,

I have the following BirdNet setup

I have a security camera, that watches my bird feeder, that has a RTSP stream with both audio and video. Every 5 seconds I save a 5 second stream to a file that is processed by Birdnet. Via script I create a document that is posted to my website of birds heard at the feeder during the day with a confidence level greater than 0.500.

Birds at McKinley Terrace

Here are the birds BirdNET identified at my feeder on 2024-06-21 with 0.500 confidence using 5 second recordings. Please note: There are inaccuracies…

www.frrobert.com

Needless to say the list is not perfect and never will be, but with that said what is the best recording length and confidence level to use with BirdNET?

Thanks

 

[Butty]

what is the best recording length and confidence level to use with BirdNET?

I've no idea - but, if you want results in which every, or any, registration is to have any faith put in it at all, you will need to confirm, or to have confirmed, each one by ear by a person who knows the calls and can actually identify them rather than making an assumption based on supposed similarity and zero knowledge - which is what AI does.

 

[frrobert]

I've no idea - but, if you want results in which every, or any, registration is to have any faith put in it at all, you will need to confirm, or to have confirmed, each one by ear by a person who knows the calls and can actually identify them rather than making an assumption based on supposed similarity and zero knowledge - which is what AI does.

Butty,
The list is not for eBird or any other list. It is a proof of concept to show how BirdNet can be used with a media stream rather than a recording and how it can be used on a PC platform rather than a smart phone. I am just looking for settings people use.

 

[BogBean]

I've no idea - but, if you want results in which every, or any, registration is to have any faith put in it at all, you will need to confirm, or to have confirmed, each one by ear by a person who knows the calls and can actually identify them rather than making an assumption based on supposed similarity and zero knowledge - which is what AI does.

It's possible with Birdnet to have the results output in a format that is compatible with Audacity.
You can open the wav file in Audacity, and import the birdnet results as a label file, then see where in the file the interesting birds are, for manual analysis.
Good fun. Lots of surprises, especially if you run it overnight.

 

[gdhunter]

Unless I'm mistaken (certainly wouldn't be the first time) the Haikubox passive audio monitoring device uses BirdNET for its species ID. Perhaps the concept has already been proven?

 

[frrobert]

Unless I'm mistaken (certainly wouldn't be the first time) the Haikubox passive audio monitoring device uses BirdNET for its species ID. Perhaps the concept has already been proven?

I believe you are correct about Haikubox using BirdNET so they have proved the concept. The downside to HaikuBox is it cost $199 plus membership.

Looking back, I should have been more specific, I wanted to prove you could use BirdNet on a PC with a streaming camera & microphone to create a DIY solution and not have to use a store bought solution.

 

[LittleBitOfBreadNoCheese]

Unless I'm mistaken (certainly wouldn't be the first time) the Haikubox passive audio monitoring device uses BirdNET for its species ID. Perhaps the concept has already been proven?

BirdWeather also does this. You can use their custom device, a Raspberry Pi or their app.