Mike Lanzone's guest appearances

Mike Lanzone

The American Birding Podcast

Nature's Archive

Mike Bergin

Brian Sullivan

Scott Whittle

Alvaro Jaramillo

Ashley Ahearn

Doug Tallamy

Matt Smith

Paul Johnson

Eliana Ardila Ardila

Brian Brown

Julie Zickefoose

Noah Strycker

Matt Young

Lauren Pharr

Elaine Ingham

OwlTail

My guests today are Scott Whittle and Mike Lanzone of Project Terra and Cellular Tracking Technologies. Scott is a bird expert and author. His passion for the natural world has led to co-authoring The Warbler Guide, the Warbler Guide App, and contributing to the Birdgenie bird song identification app.Mike is a Research Biologist turned technologist, and is the Founder and CEO of CTT - Cellular Tracking Technologies, a leading manufacturer and innovator of wildlife trackers using various cellular, satellite and radio technologies.We start off discussing CTT and their interesting origin story, attempting to identify if eastern Golden Eagles would be impacted by proposed wind power facilities. CTT has advanced the technology significantly, creating the “Internet of Wildlife”, allowing larger animals like eagles to be “repeaters” of data from smaller songbirds, overcoming limitations of how large of systems that these smaller birds can carry.We also discuss a few of CTT’s conservation success stories, such as Project SNOWstorm, which tracks Snowy Owls.Our primary topic is an exciting new project called Terra. Terra intends to dramatically expand wildlife tracking in the form of a system that you can place on your own property. Terra is intended to help people connect with nature, while simultaneously filling in crucial gaps in wildlife data, such as bird song variations, details about migratory flight paths, and even information about other animal vocalizations such as cicadas, crickets and frogs. Terra expects to use nocturnal flight calls (NFCs) to help identify migratory bird paths and volumes, so we spend some time talking about NFCs, and how important these unique, often single note calls are.Terra is in late stage development, and has launched a kickstarter to help get it over the finish line. We discuss how Terra works, the technology inside, what a corresponding app might look like, privacy, and speculate on many potential research topics that will result from a network of Terra devices.If you are interested in Terra, please check out the Kickstarter, which ends on July 1. We discuss exactly what a kickstarter is in the show, but the short story is kickstarter is basically how new ideas such as Terra get community funding, and are thus critically important for the success of projects such as this. And by backing projects on kickstarter, you get perks to help make it worth your while.Follow Nature's Archive on InstagramLinks To Topics DiscussedProject Terra Kickstarter Bringing Nature Home - by Doug Tallamy The Warbler Guide - Innovative field guide to warblers that includes spectrogram visualizations of vocalizations. Co-authored by Scott Whittle and Tom StephensonMacaulay Library - Cornell Lab's wildlife media archiveoldbird.org by Bill Evans, considered the resource for NFCs (Nocturnal Flight Calls)Andrew Farnsworth - ornithologist at Cornell Lab known for migration research and use of radar trackingCasey Halverson - Mike rSupport the show

My guests today are Scott Whittle and Mike Lanzone of <a href="https://www.terralistens.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project Terra</a> and <a href="https://celltracktech.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cellular Tracking Technologies</a>. Scott is a bird expert and author. His passion for the natural world has led to co-authoring <a href="https://amzn.to/3z4QPUU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Warbler Guide</a>, the Warbler Guide App, and contributing to the Birdgenie bird song identification app. Mike is a Research Biologist turned technologist, and is the Founder and CEO of CTT - Cellular Tracking Technologies, a leading manufacturer and innovator of wildlife trackers using various cellular, satellite and radio technologies.We start off discussing CTT and their interesting origin story, attempting to identify if eastern Golden Eagles would be impacted by proposed wind power facilities. CTT has advanced the technology significantly, creating the “Internet of Wildlife”, allowing larger animals like eagles to be “repeaters” of data from smaller songbirds, overcoming limitations of how large of systems that these smaller birds can carry.We also discuss a few of CTT’s conservation success stories, such as <a href="https://www.projectsnowstorm.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project SNOWstorm</a>, which tracks Snowy Owls. Our primary topic is an exciting new project called Terra. Terra intends to dramatically expand wildlife tracking in the form of a system that you can place on your own property. Terra is intended to help people connect with nature, while simultaneously filling in crucial gaps in wildlife data, such as bird song variations, details about migratory flight paths, and even information about other animal vocalizations such as cicadas, crickets and frogs. Terra expects to use nocturnal flight calls (NFCs) to help identify migratory bird paths and volumes, so we spend some time talking about NFCs, and how important these unique, often single note calls are.Terra is in late stage development, and has launched a kickstarter to help get it over the finish line. We discuss how Terra works, the technology inside, what a corresponding app might look like, privacy, and speculate on many potential research topics that will result from a network of Terra devices.If you are interested in Terra, please check out the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theterraproject/listen-to-birds-and-wildlife-build-a-new-conservation-tool" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a>, which ends on July 1. We discuss exactly what a kickstarter is in the show, but the short story is kickstarter is basically how new ideas such as Terra get community funding, and are thus critically important for the success of projects such as this. And by backing projects on kickstarter, you get perks to help make it worth your while. Follow Nature's Archive on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naturesarchive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Links To Topics Discussed Project Terra <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theterraproject/listen-to-birds-and-wildlife-build-a-new-conservation-tool" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3oEZIja" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bringing Nature Home</a> - by Doug Tallamy <a href="https://amzn.to/3z4QPUU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Warbler Guide</a> - Innovative field guide to warblers that includes spectrogram visualizations of vocalizations. Co-authored by Scott Whittle and Tom Stephenson <a href="https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Macaulay Library</a> - Cornell Lab's wildlife media archive<a href="http://oldbird.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oldbird.org</a> by Bill Evans, considered the resource for NFCs (Nocturnal Flight Calls) <a href="https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/staff/andrew-farnsworth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Farnsworth</a> - ornithologist at Cornell Lab known for migration research and use of radar tracking<a href="https://celltracktech.com/about-us/team/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Casey Halverson</a> - Mike r<a href="https://www.patreon.com/naturesarchive" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

#22: Project Terra - Wildlife Tracking in Your Own Backyard with Scott Whittle and Mike Lanzone

One of the dreams of the "internet of nature" was a device that birders could put in their yard that picks up GPS fitted and tracked wildlife, and maybe even identifies them when they pass over your home. That device is here and it is called Terra. Mike Lanzone of Cellular Tracking Technologies and birder and writer Scott Whittle, are the creators of this magic device. They both join me to talk about what it can do, and how it will change migration monitoring forever.    If you want to contribute to their kickstarter, here's the link.   Also, do you have birding enemies?  Billy Baker of the Boston Globe thinks he does and Nate has thoughts.   Help support the ABA and the American Birding Podcast by contributing to our Nesting Season Appeal.  Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts, and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it!

One of the dreams of the "internet of nature" was a device that birders could put in their yard that picks up GPS fitted and tracked wildlife, and maybe even identifies them when they pass over your home. That device is here and it is called Terra. Mike Lanzone of Cellular Tracking Technologies and birder and writer Scott Whittle, are the creators of this magic device. They both join me to talk about what it can do, and how it will change migration monitoring forever.  <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theterraproject/listen-to-birds-and-wildlife-build-a-new-conservation-tool" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> If you want to contribute to their kickstarter, here's the link</a>.  Also, do you have birding enemies? <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/20/metro/i-have-birding-enemies/?ia=120898604" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Billy Baker of the Boston Globe thinks he does</a> and Nate has thoughts.  Help support the ABA and the American Birding Podcast by contributing to our <a href="https://aba.z2systems.com/np/clients/aba/donation.jsp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nesting Season Appeal</a>.  Subscribe to the podcast at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/american-birding-podcast/id1186824033?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/american-birding-association/american-birding-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, and <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iibz7obgdgnpmgtsea4uuffbvri" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>, and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it!

05-22: Listen and Conserve with Project Terra with Mike Lanzone & Scott Whittle

One of the more exciting aspects of birding and birding science in the 21st Century has been the reveal of a great many secrets of bird movements and migration, much of it the result of technology. Increasingly small trackers that are fitted to various bird species enable scientists, and those of us on the sidelines, to follow along, sometimes in real time, with where these birds are going. Mike Lanzone s the 2017 recipient of the ABA's Chandler Robbins Award for Conservation and Education, and he's the co-founder and CEO of Cellular Tracking Technologies, the people who develop the devices and figure out the best way to use them. He joins host Nate Swick to talk about how it all works and what amazing things he has planned.  Also, the 2018 ABA Awards recipients are out, and they are an amazing group of birders, conservationists, and scientists. And Nate share some thoughts about that Central Park Mandarin Duck.  Join the ABA in Thailand early next year for Birding and Photography. Get more information at the ABA Travel! Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Play, and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it!

One of the more exciting aspects of birding and birding science in the 21st Century has been the reveal of a great many secrets of bird movements and migration, much of it the result of technology. Increasingly small trackers that are fitted to various bird species enable scientists, and those of us on the sidelines, to follow along, sometimes in real time, with where these birds are going. Mike Lanzone s the 2017 recipient of the ABA's Chandler Robbins Award for Conservation and Education, and he's the co-founder and CEO of Cellular Tracking Technologies, the people who develop the devices and figure out the best way to use them. He joins host Nate Swick to talk about how it all works and what amazing things he has planned.  Also, the 2018 ABA Awards recipients are out, and they are an amazing group of birders, conservationists, and scientists. And Nate share some thoughts about that Central Park Mandarin Duck.  Join the ABA in <a href="https://www.aba.org/thailand-birding-with-a-camera-tour/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Thailand early next year for Birding and Photography</a>. Get more information at the ABA Travel! Subscribe to the podcast at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/american-birding-podcast/id1186824033?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/american-birding-association/american-birding-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, and <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iibz7obgdgnpmgtsea4uuffbvri" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play</a>, and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it!