Vogel Yoga is the spiritual practice of finding your inner bird.
We are the association of active digital birders and are a club of likeminded individuals.
Our mission is to improve our local environment and community of birds.
Birding
Birding is a fascinating activity. You can learn so much just by observing, listening and spending time with nature.
“Owls in the Dark”
Did you ever wonder what strange sounds you may hear next to forests? Well, nobody can tell for sure but probably you will hear the call of the Tawny Owl.
“The Story of the Long Duck”
Our experience with a domesticated Indian Runner duck which has integrated into a group of wild mallards after fleeing from his owner. A story of personal growth in the animal kingdom. Read more..
“Bird feeds Bird - but should You, too?"
Feeding waterfowl in the park, like ducks, geese or swans, can be a wonderful thing to do. It is just so fun, relaxing and interesting to interact with them in this way. But is it really a good idea? And if yes, what can I give to my feathered friends? A discussion. Read more..
Digital Projects
Our aim is to protect the wildlife. Combining this aim with a toolkit of current technologies this group of enthusiasts follow the aim of monitoring, reporting and observation.
Bird Breeding Observation
Prototype of a power-independent bird youth breeding observation station.
The challenge of this project was the power supply for the embedded microcontroller board. Its power independence made it easily deployable at remote positions - far away from common power supply outlets.
Due to limitation of the computing power chosen by restraints of technology in combination with a total load in the milliamperes.
The next iteration of this project is currently in evaluation with updated single board computers. These models either have included inference accelerators like the NVIDIA Jetson series or USB accelerators like Google Coral in combination with cheap and low power SBCs can be utilized.
The scope is currently also expanded due to rapidly advancing improvements in object detection algorithms. Classifying bird species with integrating feeding stations are available as Kickstarter campaigns for active birding. The next level is the detection of individual birds to count their recurrent feeding behaviour, seasonal migration and growth tracking.
Automatic Bird Feeding Counter
Statistical collection of bird feeding events.
Easy to deploy counter of arriving birds to feeding stations.
The reliability of the system is due its simplicity. A feeding stations needs to be made from conductive metal. The feeding station is connected to electronics, making it a touch sensible sensor.
The bird activates this sensor by sitting on its feet to get the food.