Tim,
You might have to budget for a locator beacon for the survey UAV, a cheaper UAV
locator UAV and a Labrador.
Hopefully, by the time you get the budget approved, prices of UAVs will have
dropped dramatically. I find the price of the Parrot quadricopter offered by
Apple rather mind boggling, $350, complete with wifi and video camera and
controllable from your iPad!? Three to Five years ago you could have added an
extra zero and the rest for something like that.
Be interested to hear how your UAV project goes.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 17/10/2012, at 8:18 AM, Tim Hosking <>
wrote:
> Hi Carl and B-A,
>
> Here at NSW OEH we are intending to trial high-end UAVs in the near future to
> count, detect and photograph/video waterbird colonies in inland NSW wetland
> systems. We're always trying to find new ways to reduce monitoring impacts
> on the colonies - they are highly sensitive to visitation by people.
>
> One significant problem with using high-end gear is that if the AUV fails
> while over a (seriously large and rather impenetrable) wetland they are
> likely to be quite difficult to recover.
>
> Cheers Tim
>
> Tim Hosking | Wetlands Conservation Officer | Office of Environment and
> Heritage DUBBO NSW 0438 600 837 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Clifford
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2012 12:21 PM
> To: Birding Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Drones & birding
>
> Dear B-A,
>
> Has anyone on the list had any experience using camera equipped quadricopter
> style drones for birding? They seem to have the potential to be a useful tool
> for observing waders and the like.
>
> I would be interested in hearing of anyones experiences.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
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