It’s no surprise to see a song sparrow in my neck of the woods. They appear regularly at our feeders at home and in the parks and woods across this part of the country. This morning, I caught the one topping this post near the parking lot at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. While mostContinue reading “Surprise sightings aided by e-Bird’s photo recognition software”
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A new tool for better birding: Merlin’s Sound ID
Wouldn’t it be great if you could record the song of a bird you can’t identify and have it instantly recognized? The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has taken a major step forward in realizing that dream with its recently launched Sound ID feature in the Merlin app. I’ve used that app for the past fewContinue reading “A new tool for better birding: Merlin’s Sound ID”