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Countries with higher species of bird diversity saw the biggest jump in searches for proper wild bird feeding.

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[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pro-tip: the Merlin app by Cornell is free and awesome--it uses your mic to pic up nearby bird songs and tells you what kind of bird it most-likely is. It's really impressive and even does a good job differentiating multiple birds at the same time.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

And if you did, and want a fun tech project to track what species are in your yard, check out BirdNET Pi: https://github.com/mcguirepr89/BirdNET-Pi

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As an aside, the UK has been obsessed with bird feeding for decades - to the extent that some species are evolving beaks more suited for feeders

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-10-20-british-birds-adapt-their-beaks-birdfeeders

[–] starlinguk@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Watching birbs is fun. We had a flock of sparrows that would adopt fledgeling blackbirds sometimes.

[–] nevemsenki@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Ha, even I put out some nesting boxes. More food than places to hide for them around these parts.

[–] Parzival@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And this company probably did really well during that time: mybirdbuddy.com

(I don’t work there or anything, just think their product is pretty cool!)