IBRC 2022, Austin Texas. Video Techniques for Tracking and Counting Bats
Organizers: Aaron Corcoran & Edward Hurme
Additional Presenters: Laura Kloepper & Eric Black
Program overview:
9am-9:20 Aaron Corcoran—Introduction & applications of bat videography
9:20-9:30 Laura Kloepper—Bat counting
9:30-9:40 Edward Hurme—Counting Migrating bats & extrapolating counts
9:40-9:50 Aaron—camera setups & considerations
9:50-9:55 Eric Black—Drone Surveillance
10-10:30 Break & Participants install ThruTracker
10:30-10:40 Aaron—Video software & ThruTracker
10:40-11:15 Option 1: Participants practice using ThruTracker if they brought laptop & installed software. Aaron & Edward
Option 2: Break-out sessions to discuss videography (Groups answer questions on Google Forms & can chat on Slack Group). Laura & Eric circulate to facilitate discussion
11:15-11:30 Panel summary and discussion of group postings to Google Forms & Slack.
Resources:
ThruTracker download & tutorial (Use Tutorial #1): www.sonarjamming.com/thruTracker
Google Forms group questions: https://forms.gle/1HzNNSgoXCs614gB6
Slack Group Invite: https://join.slack.com/t/animalvideography/shared_invite/zt-1dlyavdic-9bE07iuwchlm0Gql3Zr_DA
Hardware & Software Links: https://sonarjamming.com/video-links/
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