biostudies-literatureUnknown44 Suppl 4Saito KWe have developed a system that streams and archives live sound from remote areas across Japan via an unmanned automatic camera. The system was used to carry out pilot bird censuses in woodland; this allowed us to examine the use of live sound transmission and the role of social media as a mediator in remote scientific monitoring. The system has been streaming sounds 8 h per day for more than five years. We demonstrated that: (1) the transmission of live sound from a remote woodland could be used effectively to monitor birds in a remote location; (2) the simultaneous involvement of several participants via Internet Relay Chat to listen to live sound transmissions could enhance the accuracy of census data collection; and (3) interactions through Twitter allowed members of the public to engaAmbio572-83https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4623865biostudies-literatureUtilizing the Cyberforest live sound system with social media to remotely conduct woodland bird censuses in Central Japan.PMC4623865Nagahama KKurosawa RNakamura KKobayashi HHToko ASaito KUeta MFujiwara ANakayama MfalseUtilizing the Cyberforest live sound system with social media to remotely conduct woodland bird censuses in Central Japan.We have developed a system that streams and archives live sound from remote areas across Japan via an unmanned automatic camera. The system was used to carry out pilot bird censuses in woodland; this allowed us to examine the use of live sound transmission and the role of social media as a mediator in remote scientific monitoring. The system has been streaming sounds 8 h per day for more than five years. We demonstrated that: (1) the transmission of live sound from a remote woodland could be used effectively to monitor birds in a remote location; (2) the simultaneous involvement of several participants via Internet Relay Chat to listen to live sound transmissions could enhance the accuracy of census data collection; and (3) interactions through Twitter allowed members of the public to enga2015-01-01T00:00:00Z2015 Nov2025-05-31T22:54:00.759Z2025-05-31T22:54:00.759ZS-EPMC46238652650834510.1007/s13280-015-0708-y