Chirp Check

Educational Materials

Helpful Websites:

• All About Birds
  • Free resource for all things birds!
  • Has helpful information on bird vocalizations and how to identify species by sound.
  • Has additional information about birds, including habitat, diet, life history, and cool facts!
• Peterson Bird Sounds
  • Provides helpful audio and spectrogram examples of birds in this project.
• How to Visualize Bird Sounds
  • Extremely helpful resource when getting serious about bird sound ID! Teaches you the jargon associated with bird vocalization analysis as well as helpful tips and tricks.
• Macaulay Library
  • Massive archive of public-submitted bird recordings (and other cool things!)
• BirdWeather
  • Website to learn more about (or purchase) BirdWeather PUCs, which are the audio recorders used in this project.
  • Also has great data explorer tools to see bird detections all over the world!
• BirdNET
  • Website for the AI used for the initial screening of all audios used in this project.
  • Has helpful resources for explaining how it works.
• iEcoLab Website
  • Our lab's website! Learn more about the research we do.

Books:

• Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America
  • Very helpful resource for the serious birders out there. Very helpful when identifying birds by sound using spectrograms. Also has a great index that helps you match certain spectrogram shapes to specific species. Eastern version contains every species included in the project so far.
• Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western North America
  • Western version of the previous book. Not every bird from our project can be found in this field guide, but birders from Western North America may still enjoy it!