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Cornell Opens Archive of Bird Calls Going Back to 1929

106 points by shawndumas 10y ago

joshkpeterson 10y ago
Reminds me of this algorithm competition to classify bird species from recordings: https://www.kaggle.com/c/mlsp-2013-birds https://www.kaggle.com/c/mlsp-2013-birds
GuiA 10y ago
Dead relevant comment in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12156328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12156328
- viraptor 10y ago
  Undeaded.
- dang 10y ago
  Please don't post off-topic comments like this; instead, you can vouch for the dead comment by clicking on its timestamp to go to its page, then clicking 'vouch' at the top. (To do this requires being logged in and having more than 30 karma.)
  - GuiA 10y ago
    Clicked around looking for such a feature, it was not apparent to me. Now that you pointed it out, I'll do it next time. I'd recommend making the "vouch" appear directly on the comment.
lmmlzxx 10y ago
Awesome. I've checked out the Macaulay library a few times in the past looking for samples for electronic music. It's a great resource, and has features like rating by audio quality. Check out the unearthly vocalizations of various Oropendolas: http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?&asset_format_id=1000&collection_type_id=1&layout=1&taxon=Psarocolius&taxon_id=12016342&taxon_rank_id=62&sort=21 http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?&asset_format_id=1000&coll... At around 0:25 in this recording is an example of what I mean, but each member of the genus has its own distinct calls/songs: http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/12830 http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/12830
- soperj 10y ago
  Pretty cool. Sounds like someone running their hands down the length of a piano.
NKCSS 10y ago
First thing I thought was: let's download that and make a game out of it; maybe use location data to start of easy with birds from the region, but I'm afraid it can't be used for commercial purposes (all mobile apps are classified as such by their documentation) without acquiring a license (which is understandable, but regrettable at the same time).;
wslh 10y ago
I couldn't wait and a few years ago scraped their site: http://blog.databigbang.com/the-call-of-the-web-scraper/ http://blog.databigbang.com/the-call-of-the-web-scraper/
Dowwie 10y ago
Would be great if there were a tensorflow project that would learn the calls and then could be used to identify birds in the wild :)
dtornabene 10y ago
if you like bird calls, take a second to visit xeno-canto.org, superb amateur birder site that collects audio of bird calls, via (i believe) an cc artist license and is totally free. Also, run by Dutch mathematicians!

106 points by shawndumas 10y ago

Reminds me of this algorithm competition to classify bird species from recordings: https://www.kaggle.com/c/mlsp-2013-birds https://www.kaggle.com/c/mlsp-2013-birds

GuiA 10y ago

Dead relevant comment in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12156328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12156328

viraptor 10y ago
Undeaded.
dang 10y ago
Please don't post off-topic comments like this; instead, you can vouch for the dead comment by clicking on its timestamp to go to its page, then clicking 'vouch' at the top. (To do this requires being logged in and having more than 30 karma.)
- GuiA 10y ago
  Clicked around looking for such a feature, it was not apparent to me. Now that you pointed it out, I'll do it next time. I'd recommend making the "vouch" appear directly on the comment.

lmmlzxx 10y ago

Awesome. I've checked out the Macaulay library a few times in the past looking for samples for electronic music. It's a great resource, and has features like rating by audio quality. Check out the unearthly vocalizations of various Oropendolas: http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?&asset_format_id=1000&collection_type_id=1&layout=1&taxon=Psarocolius&taxon_id=12016342&taxon_rank_id=62&sort=21 http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?&asset_format_id=1000&coll... At around 0:25 in this recording is an example of what I mean, but each member of the genus has its own distinct calls/songs: http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/12830 http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/12830

soperj 10y ago
Pretty cool. Sounds like someone running their hands down the length of a piano.

NKCSS 10y ago

First thing I thought was: let's download that and make a game out of it; maybe use location data to start of easy with birds from the region, but I'm afraid it can't be used for commercial purposes (all mobile apps are classified as such by their documentation) without acquiring a license (which is understandable, but regrettable at the same time).;

wslh 10y ago

I couldn't wait and a few years ago scraped their site: http://blog.databigbang.com/the-call-of-the-web-scraper/ http://blog.databigbang.com/the-call-of-the-web-scraper/

Dowwie 10y ago

Would be great if there were a tensorflow project that would learn the calls and then could be used to identify birds in the wild :)

dtornabene 10y ago

if you like bird calls, take a second to visit xeno-canto.org, superb amateur birder site that collects audio of bird calls, via (i believe) an cc artist license and is totally free. Also, run by Dutch mathematicians!