diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5500174af..1c4e137a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 default_target: local
 
 COMMIT_HASH := $(shell git log -1 --pretty=format:"%h"|tail -1)
-VERSION = 0.16.0
+VERSION = 0.17.0
 IMAGE_REPO ?= ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate
 GITHUB_REF_NAME ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 BOARDS= #Initialized empty
diff --git a/frigate/data_processing/real_time/bird.py b/frigate/data_processing/real_time/bird.py
index ce4e50ef2..f400f17ce 100644
--- a/frigate/data_processing/real_time/bird.py
+++ b/frigate/data_processing/real_time/bird.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from frigate.comms.event_metadata_updater import (
 )
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import MODEL_CACHE_DIR
+from frigate.log import redirect_output_to_logger
 from frigate.util.object import calculate_region
 
 from ..types import DataProcessorMetrics
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ class BirdRealTimeProcessor(RealTimeProcessorApi):
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Failed to download {path}: {e}")
 
+    @redirect_output_to_logger(logger, logging.DEBUG)
     def __build_detector(self) -> None:
         self.interpreter = Interpreter(
             model_path=os.path.join(MODEL_CACHE_DIR, "bird/bird.tflite"),
diff --git a/frigate/log.py b/frigate/log.py
index 11f2da254..f2171ffe0 100644
--- a/frigate/log.py
+++ b/frigate/log.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ def apply_log_levels(default: str, log_levels: dict[str, LogLevel]) -> None:
     log_levels = {
         "absl": LogLevel.error,
         "httpx": LogLevel.error,
+        "matplotlib": LogLevel.error,
         "tensorflow": LogLevel.error,
         "werkzeug": LogLevel.error,
         "ws4py": LogLevel.error,
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ class LogRedirect(io.StringIO):
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def redirect_fd_to_queue(queue: Queue[str]) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+def __redirect_fd_to_queue(queue: Queue[str]) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
     """Redirect file descriptor 1 (stdout) to a pipe and capture output in a queue."""
     stdout_fd = os.dup(1)
     read_fd, write_fd = os.pipe()
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def redirect_output_to_logger(logger: logging.Logger, level: int) -> Any:
 
             try:
                 # Redirect C-level stdout
-                with redirect_fd_to_queue(queue):
+                with __redirect_fd_to_queue(queue):
                     result = func(*args, **kwargs)
             finally:
                 # Restore Python stdout/stderr