BirdWeather

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name: birdweather description: Query BirdWeather station data — species detections, trends, and comparisons from BirdNET-Pi and PUC bird song detection stations. Use when asked about bird sightings, bird song detections, local bird activity, BirdWeather stations, or wildlife audio monitoring. No API key required.

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BirdWeather

CLI at scripts/birdweather.py for querying BirdWeather station data. No API key needed — all station data is public.

Find station IDs at https://app.birdweather.com/

Commands

# Station info (name, location, status, last detection)
scripts/birdweather.py station 
Species detected (default: today)
scripts/birdweather.py species  --period day|week|month --limit 50
Species for date range
scripts/birdweather.py species  --from 2026-02-01 --to 2026-02-14
Top species (compact, default: week)
scripts/birdweather.py top  --period week --limit 10
Recent individual detections
scripts/birdweather.py detections  --limit 20
Compare periods (shows new arrivals, departures, trends)
scripts/birdweather.py compare  --this week --last month
Any command with raw JSON output
scripts/birdweather.py --json species  --period week

Output

Species lists show detection count, common name, and scientific name:

    467  Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
    290  Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Compare shows arrivals, departures, and significant changes between periods.

Notes

Detection count ≠ bird count (one bird singing repeatedly = many detections)

BirdNET AI classification can misidentify — unusual species may be false positives

Stations go offline periodically — empty results may mean the station is down, not that there are no birds

Period options: day (today), week (last 7 days), month (last 30 days)

Stdlib only — no pip dependencies

Detection count ≠ bird count (one bird singing repeatedly = many detections)

BirdNET AI classification can misidentify — unusual species may be false positives

Stations go offline periodically — empty results may mean the station is down, not that there are no birds

Period options: day (today), week (last 7 days), month (last 30 days)

Stdlib only — no pip dependencies