The Haikubox is another wonderful gadget... It's exciting to receive a notification for a bird that I've never seen (or heard) before that is somewhere in my backyard... the Haikubox could be your gateway gadget to a whole new hobby.

-The Gadgeteer

We found the Haikubox to be an innovative, fun, and somewhat addictive product... especially suited for bird nerds who might want to run outside with their binoculars to spot a rare visitor, stay on notice for migration waves, or dive into a huge trove of data. 

- Audubon Magazine

It's Shazam for birds! It's very easy to install and set up anywhere, and it's impressively accurate at identification.

- WIRED Best Bird-Watching Gear

It's so, so neat. What's cool about the Haikubox is that it's a constant recording device. No more guesswork, it's right there in the palm of your hand.

- WBRE-TV

"The Haikubox has made my backyard a place to explore nature... my dad... always texts me when we get a new bird alert to discuss it! Just this week, we had our first barn owl visit the yard…. very exciting!"

- Mom Does Reviews

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What Customers Are Saying

The Haikubox plus our eyes... it more than doubles the pleasure of our birdwatching!

Robert

It was pretty cool during fall & spring migration. It alerted me to birds I hadn’t seen at the feeders yet and to watch for them.

Andrea

I have been submitting eBird checklists for my yard almost daily... and the Haikubox has been pretty much spot on with the IDs of the regular birds.

Jim

Easy Installation

Plug it in

Step 1

Using an outdoor outlet in a spot that receives strong WiFi, you’ll never have to worry about changing batteries.

Connect to WiFi

Step 2

The Haikubox Connect app (available for iPhone and Android) links Haikubox to your home’s WiFi.

Listen and learn

Step 3

On the Haikubox website or phone app, listen to your birds, and see when they visit, and view spectograms of their songs.

Customizable Alerts

Watch alert for a new bird

Receive notifications when new or favorite birds are identified

Like this Osprey identified by a Haikubox named Tweety!

Learn more about bird alerts

Add Your Own Photos

Let your images take center stage!

Easily replace our standard images with those from your own library to personalize your bird feed.

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Discover, engage, and share with the Haikubox app & website

Listen to, save and download your bird recordings, track bird activity, set alerts, see vivid bird images, share your birds with family and friends, and even download your data with Haikubox

Haikubox is supercharged birdwatching made easy.

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Nature & Community Science Connections

How Tech is Turning Science into a Hobby
FreeThink
Inventive scientists and tinkerers were using consumer technologies to not only help people get into fascinating hobbies but connect them seamlessly with genuine scientific research. As luck would have it, one such project, called Haikubox, spoke directly to my family’s love of birds.
What Conservation Sounds Like
bioGraphic
This distributed capacity highlights one of the great powers of the new bioacoustic technology, which is its fluid scalability... One of the products of this revolution is a relatively cheap call-recognizing ARU called Haikubox.
Technology Broke Our Connection to Nature
The Washington Post
In general, technology detaches us from nature, not to mention from each other. But in limited ways, technology can also put people — even rubes like me with no scientific expertise — in touch with nature in ways we never before have been. On my phone, Cornell’s Merlin app identifies all the birds I’m hearing, and the Haikubox installed on my porch keeps a list of birds who call when I’m not at home.