Help Science: Build Your Own Bird Tracker, Cheap | Wired Science from Wired.com - 0 views
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Nancy Trautmann on 26 Mar 09With an old computer and 30 dollars worth of off-the-shelf components, you can gear up with cutting edge avian monitoring technology and help save the birds. For years, birdwatchers counted by sight during the daytime. The night - when most migratory birds travel - was literally hidden to them. But that's changing. Anyone can attach a microphone to a computer running birdcall-identifying software and track birds passing overhead in the darkness.