Date: 3/8/26 5:41 am From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: Re: [birders] Bird weather PUC
Fred,
From what I have been told by one of the principals of CTT, the company
that makes the BluMorpho tags (2.4 GHz), the Terra unit can detect these
tags 1-2 km away with the supplemental antenna that Terra sells.
On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> wrote:
> Hi Barb. I’ve had a Birdweather “PUC” for just about a year now and I
> like it. For me it’s worked best when I coupled it with a solar panel and
> It’s outside all the time now. Admittedly I like the idea of the extra
> capabilities of the competitor “Terra” unit but have my doubts about its
> capabilities to function as an RF tag tracker. Out-of-the-box I suspect it
> would be able to detect Bluetooth tags (on Monarch Butterflies for example)
> at maybe 50 to 75 feet away.
>
> You can also see where Birdweather has now expanded their product line
> with an ultrasonic model for Bats. Lots of recent developments in remote
> sensing, tracking and pattern recognition. (Works on people too now but
> that’s a different story). At times I start to wonder very-much like
> Werner Heisenberg about the observer effect that says you can’t measure
> anything without impacting the outcome. The result is that the future
> becomes very “uncertain”.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Barb Myckowiak <bmyckowiak911...>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 5, 2026 9:19:41 PM
> *To:* <Birders...> <birders...>
> *Subject:* [birders] Bird weather PUC
>
> Hi all,
> I’ve been seeing ads on Facebook for this device which can identify and
> record bird songs. Has anyone used one? Is it worth $299?
>
> Thanks,
> Barb
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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