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  • Isnt this a fork* of https://x.com/WarnerTeddy/status/2060018688645115964?

    https://github.com/Twarner491/AvianVisitors

    https://theodore.net/projects/AvianVisitors/

    Or maybe im missing to see is the same author? It went viral a few months ago

    by jiwidi
  • This one seems to be more North European focused
    by tencentshill
  • https://xxcancel.com/WarnerTeddy/status/2060018688645115964
    by DavCreator
  • Thanks! That one was discussed a few months ago:

    Avian Visitors - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343424 - May 2026 (20 comments)

    I've put a link to the earlier project in the toptext above.

    by dang
  • Fwiw an eink display is fairly common tech in the birdiverse. I also have a project that is the same thing.
    by bradly
  • I agree I would expect a reference. Another difference between this an AvianVisitors is the image sources. AvianVisitors is all AI generated with a consistent prompt, but OP's is using chiefly public domain images with retouching by AI as needed.
    by carb
  • The new one appears to use real art from real humans, instead of AI art that was fixed.

    And just because 2 things do the same job doesn't make one a "copy" of the other.

    by wccrawford
  • This could totally be a commercial product. I picture it being sold with a bird feeder. Maybe it uses a camera on the feeder.

    Then have the screen look like a biologists notebook where he sketches the bird and writes a few notes about the time and its behavior.

    by bilsbie
  • This is such a cool project. My mom would absolutely love this if I made it as a gift. This may be a good project.
    by MiloLeo
  • I was thinking the exact same thing!
    by jonplackett
  • Was thinking this too. My parents are both avid birders, and I think it would make a fun addition to the house.
    by InexSquirrel
  • Another dev offers it as a full product. OOS at the moment though.

    https://theodore.net/store/avian-visitors/

    by tencentshill
  • Awesome! It's really cool that it uses public domain images as the inspiration, too. And even cooler that you link to the places where you got those public domain images.
    by catapart
  • I'd buy this if I could.
    by gadders
  • That's indeed a cool project and it's this kind of stuff that makes HN a unique corner in this digital world. I can classify this project with [1](Ranked #3 as the most upvoted Show HN of all time), [2](#4) and [3](#6) as non pure-software products that happen to also integrates hardware as well.

    The only thing I wish to be added is a short video showing the actual frame in action to express motion and sound so I can better feel it. While the provided image (hero.jpg) gives me a sense of the product, I just can't smell it yet. I visited https://fugleramme.arnegiacomo.dev/ hoping for a live feed but it seems just a static image.

    Kudos for the author and I hope we can see the next iteration!

    _______________

    1. I made an open-source laptop from scratch (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42797260)

    2. I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48968606)

    3. A retro video game console I've been working on in my free time (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19393279)

    by redbell
  • As a fellow Norwegian I must say that this is pure art by the developer Arne Munthe-Kaas.
    by thomasfl
  • So many bird projects recently and I think it’s all thanks to this project[0]

    It seems IP over Avian Carriers is finally within reach!

    0. https://github.com/tphakala/birdnet-go

    by theturtletalks
  • Link missing?
    by bithammerthunde
  • This is a very cool project!

    When I first heard of it (through a community member in discord), I wanted to see if I could replicate it on FrameOS (my software for running anything on an e-ink panel), and sure enough, I got quite close: https://scenes.frameos.net/s/bird-field-journal

    This is obviously nowhere as complicated as OP's project, but I thought I'd just share that your project inspired me to build something similar too.

    by mariusandra
  • e-ink is so much fun, especially when combined with ESP32 or BTLE boards. I currently have 4 around my house displaying book quotes that I've highlighted in KOReader and they bring me joy each time I see them. They are simple and do one thing very well.

    I just got and setup a BTLE e-ink driver the other day and according to my calculations it will last _years_ on a single charge (2000mAh) even with multiple refreshes per day (crazy compared to the Wifi ones). Year+ lifetime completely changes the calculus for where to put these IMHO.

    I'm considering designing a multiple-screen "art" piece to hang on my wall and playing around with various ideas (on both content and design).

    LLMs + 3D Printer + e-ink is my new favorite hobby.

    by joshstrange
  • When it does run out, are you able to replace the battery? Or is it something way more painful than that?
    by tranceylc
  • Thanks for speaking to the battery question; I'm very interested in how to run this kind of thing (the display portion at least) cordlessly too, especially when lipo pouches in that range are so dirt cheap.
    by mikepurvis
  • Years on a wall mounted eink screen sounds super interesting. What are you using for the power delivery/battery side of that setup?
    by buffet_overflow
  • The underlying classifier, BirdNET, is a traditional neural network and not an LLM:

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101236

    by divbzero
  • Curious if there is a similar project for dog barks.
    by ada1981
  • Note that while the underlying birdnet-go project started as BirdNET only, it can now use Google Perch v2, BattyBirdNET (for bats!) and other models in the future. It's a really cool project!
    by rexxars
  • Are there any LLMs being widely used for audio classification? I know VLMs are being used a lot in image stuff.

    It always seems kind of silly to me to throw everything at an LLM. I know they’re huge and can automatically handle a huge number of tasks but something in me finds it wasteful when we could be creating easily trainable, cheap to run bespoke models for a lot of stuff

    by tuvix
  • This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute. The whole thing is a perfect blend of ideas with the end result of something that feels... magical. Honestly this is the highest inspiration to me as a builder as I just want to create magical experiences, even if they are just small oddities.
    by jadbox
  • > This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute.

    Off-topic, but what is up with the increased use of the phrase "in a minute", presumably to mean "in a long time", lately?

    I've only started encountering it in the past year.

    Did it get popularized by some celebrity, tv show, influencers, etc?

    by pelican0
  • EDIT: no Ai for pictures - cool!
    by fock