Birds at the dock

May 10, 2026: 2 species identified by BirdNET listening to the dock microphone. Tufted Titmouse was the most active with 1 call; Barn Swallow traveled farthest, a 9,700 mi round trip.

Calls by hour

Eastern Time, May 10, 2026

Each bar counts distinct 30-second windows in which BirdNET identified a species at high confidence. The dawn chorus typically peaks between 6 and 8 a.m.

012350 calls at 00:00 ET0 calls at 01:00 ET0 calls at 02:00 ET0 calls at 03:00 ET0 calls at 04:00 ET0 calls at 05:00 ET0 calls at 06:00 ET0 calls at 07:00 ET0 calls at 08:00 ET0 calls at 09:00 ET0 calls at 10:00 ET0 calls at 11:00 ET0 calls at 12:00 ET0 calls at 13:00 ET0 calls at 14:00 ET0 calls at 15:00 ET0 calls at 16:00 ET0 calls at 17:00 ET0 calls at 18:00 ET0 calls at 19:00 ET2 calls at 20:00 ET0 calls at 21:00 ET0 calls at 22:00 ET0 calls at 23:00 ET12 AM4 AM8 AMNOON4 PM8 PM

Species heard

Tufted Titmouse
1 call
Tufted Titmouse
Barn Swallow
1 call · 9,700 mi round trip
Barn Swallow

How this works

A microphone is mounted at the dock at Tennessee River Mile 559.5, listening to the lake 24/7. Audio runs through BirdNET from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, an open-source neural network that identifies bird species by sound. Detections at high confidence are tallied here.

Bird photos are fetched automatically from Wikipedia and cropped to the bird with YOLOv8. Individual photo credits are on each species' Wikipedia page.