[$] Saving birds with technology

Two members of the CacophonyProject came to linux.conf.au2019 to give an overview of what the project is doing to increase theamount of bird life in New Zealand. The idea is to use computer vision and machinelearning to identify and eventually eliminate predators in order to helpbird populations; one measure of success will be the volume and variety ofbird song throughout the islands. The endemic avian species in New Zealand evolved without thepresence of predatory mammals, so many of them have been decimated bythe predation of birds and their eggs. The Cacophony Project is looking atways to reverse that.