AI Corner

Code for Raptors

Open-source AI tools, interactive demos, and programming resources — all built around California's raptors.

Our Tools

01Live

Raptor ID AI

Identify any California raptor from a photo

Upload a photo and our open-source computer vision model identifies the species, confidence score, and key field marks — in under 2 seconds. Trained on 40,000 field photographs.

PyTorchResNet-50ReactFastAPI
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Migration Tracker

Real-time raptor migration data across California

Aggregates sighting data from our 800+ volunteer monitors and eBird into an interactive map. Watch the autumn hawk migration unfold in near real-time.

ReactMapbox GLNode.jsPostgreSQL
03Live

Rodenticide Exposure Map

Visualizing the poisoning crisis county by county

An interactive map of confirmed rodenticide exposure cases in California raptors, sourced from wildlife rehabilitation centers and necropsy reports.

D3.jsReactPythonGeoJSON
Open Source

Build With Us

All of our tools are open source and actively maintained. Whether you're a seasoned ML engineer or a student writing your first Python script, there's a meaningful contribution waiting for you.

View GitHub Organization
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Fork a repo

Browse our GitHub organization and find a project that interests you.

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Pick an issue

Every repo has beginner-friendly issues tagged 'good first issue'.

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Submit a PR

We review every pull request within 48 hours and give detailed feedback.

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Ship conservation code

Your code goes into production tools used by real raptor advocates.

Free Resources

Dataset

California Raptor Photo Dataset

40,000+ labeled raptor photographs. Free for non-commercial research and conservation use.

Download Dataset
API

Raptor ID API Docs

REST API for species identification. Free tier: 500 requests/month. Used by 12 conservation orgs.

Read the Docs
Education

Code + Conservation Curriculum

A 6-week coding curriculum for high schoolers using raptor data science as the project context.

Download Free