Counting Songbirds With Drones

Unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, are rapidly finding a place in ecological research. In a new study, researchers from Gettysburg College combine this technology with bioacoustic monitoring for surveying songbird populations. Although the method currently has some pitfalls, it has the potential to become an important scientific tool.Read the whole story at the PLOS Ecology Blog: Counting Songbirds With Drones.