Monitoring Albatross colonies on remote islands from space

Monitoring threatened and endangered wildlife can be arduous, time consuming and intrusive to the species. Recently, satellite images have begun to be used to assist in the counting and monitoring of these species. The image above is of an Albatross colony on a remote island southeast of Argentina. The white dots are individual Albatrosses. These images have a detection rate similar to ground surveys and could be used to better monitor various species from across the globe.

https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/04/technology/endangered-birds-space-satellite/index.html

https://www.skywatch.com/blog/monitoring-animal-populations-from-space

https://www.audubon.org/news/how-audubon-uses-drones-and-artificial-intelligence-protect-birds-and-coast