Can AI stop rare eagles flying into wind turbines in Germany?

Photo caption: Lesser spotted eagles in mid-flight are unused to vertical obstacles, and keep their eyes focused on mice, lizard or frog-shaped prey below. Photo credit: Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters. Article by Philip Oltermann. The Guardian – September 20, 2022.

Cameras on turbines being trained to recognize lesser spotted eagles, which are endangered in country

Small in size, sensitive of constitution and with only 130 breeding pairs surviving locally in the wild, the lesser spotted eagle of the Oder delta lives up to its name. In Germany, key questions over the country’s energy future hang on the question of whether artificial intelligence systems can do a better job of spotting the reclusive animal than birdwatchers do. […]

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