Video cameras installed at PV sites to continuously monitor avian interactions [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]Video cameras installed at PV sites to continuously monitor avian interactions [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]Video cameras installed at PV sites to continuously monitor avian interactions [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]
Example recording from a video camera, showing bird interactions with PV infrastructure. How many birds do you see? What are they doing?
Wildlife Camera Traps
Camera attached to solar infrastructure [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]Camera attached to solar infrastructure [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]Camera attached to solar infrastructure [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]
Passive Acoustic Monitoring
Passive acoustic monitoring enables the long-term monitoring of avian communities utilizing the PV sites.
Acoustic recorders used at PV sites [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]An acoustic recorder attached to a PV torque tube [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]
Dickcissel
Northern Bobwhite
Grasshopper Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Field Work
Installing sensor equipment at a PV site [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]Field team at northeastern PV site [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]American robin nest at PV site [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]Field crewmember checking monitoring equipment [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]Dogs are sometimes used to aid in carcass detection [Source: Argonne National Laboratory]
