Thatś a yellow-rumped warbler wearing a multisensor geolocator backpack

A small black, white and yellow bird perched on a branch with a green background

The tracker must be light enough to not weigh down a bird that weighs only as much as a spoonful of sugar, and it was used as part of this study:

Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds

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[–] 21 points 1 day ago (1 child)

You see, this is how you get people to believe birds arent real.

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  • Small world. I've built and deployed those before. It's fun to see these writeups in the wild.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    Very cool! And while not detailed at the circuit level, nice that the article does talk a bit about the sensors.

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