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‘Drones for Ducks:’ Federal grants fund research to use AI to count birds

By Washington Examiner
Published November 29, 2023 2:23pm ET
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‘Drones for Ducks:’ Federal grants fund research to use AI to count birds
In this July 6, 2014, photo released by the Bangor Police Department, the department's stuffed "duck of justice" greets the sunrise from atop a police cruiser in Bangor, Maine. The mascot, a wood duck that had been stuffed by a taxidermist and rescued from a trash compactor, has attracted more than 20,000 likes on its departmental Facebook page, and is being used as a new way of engaging with the public. (AP Photo/Bangor Police Department) | AP

(The Center Square) – How should researchers measure the populations of migratory birds? Researchers developed an idea around a campfire that was put to the test for the first time in Bosque Del Apache earlier this month, according to the University of New Mexico.

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