Date: 3/2/25 3:46 pm From: cathy mcgraw <cathymcgraw...> Subject: [GABO-L] Terra Listens and bird songs
Happy Sunday Birders!
Many of you are aware of the Motus Wildlife Networking System (Motus Wildlife Tracking System<https://motus.org/>) which is an international network that tracks movement of birds and animals around the world using radio telemetry. There are a number of Motus towers in Georgia providing valuable data. Now, you can have your own listening and tracking device. With a Terra station in your yard, you can contribute to the Motus network, too. I heard about Terra (Terra<https://www.terralistens.com/>) a couple years ago while it was being developed. I like the idea of contributing to citizen science even when I'm not home. I looked at the Live Map on the Terra web site and there are about a dozen Terra stations in Georgia - that's not very many for the largest state east of the Mississippi. There are large portions of Georgia that aren't covered by either Motus or Terra. There could be Kirtland's Warblers resting there during migration and we don't know!
I bought a Terra station and installed it last week. It was very easy to setup. This morning I had my Terra playing on a speaker inside and heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch (which I haven't seen all winter) and when I looked at the history of what my Terra had heard, there was another Red-breasted Nuthatch heard yesterday. I was in Florida, but that data had been recorded.
Through the free phone app, you can listen live to Cape May or the Canopy Lodge in Panama or the Galapagos (or your own Terra). I can't wait for spring migration when the birds are singing overnight and I'll be listening. These Terra stations would be great for schools.
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