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Card 693 of 10002026-08-23 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-23

Your Birds, Heard Recently

rachelsbirds.com Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A live bird collage that uses a window microphone and Cornell’s BirdNET to identify passing birds.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-23 issue.

Why it surfaced

This turns the ordinary soundscape outside a window into a personal species dashboard: detections can be filtered by periods from one hour to all time, sorted by recency or frequency, and explored through illustrations, recordings, wiki links, and eBird references. It is a charmingly specific example of ambient computing made local and alive.

A live bird collage that uses a window microphone and Cornell’s BirdNET to identify passing birds.

Observed signals

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

OpenPublic substance visible
PrettyNotable craft visible
ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use
HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade

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Landing page observed 2026-08-23. The live site may have changed.