I've used the #MerlinBirdApp a couple more times and it picked up a lot of different birds.

I'm still not entirely sure how accurate it is but here's the list from 2 walks:

Blue Jay
House Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Ceder Waxwing
Northern Flicker
Northern Cardinal
Morning Dove
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
European Starling
House Finch
Song Sparrow
American Robin
White Breasted Nuthatch
Black-Capped Chickadee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Read Tailed Hawk

#Birds #NewEngland

I installed the #merlinapp for identifying #birds today. In under 2 minutes of Sound ID it found 6 birds around my garden, even with traffic and other noises in the background. 🤩

I confirmed those four birds where I'm very sure that they are correct.

It can play back the parts of the #recording that are from a certain bird, so that I can maybe learn the sounds myself. :masto_reading:

The only thing that's a bit annoying is that it displays the bird names in English. The whole app and the description texts of the birds (from #wikipedia) are in German, just the names of the birds (kind of the core thing here) are in English.

Now I just need something that identifies insects and spiders for me.

I know that these are some of the most common, boring birds available, but hey, we're in a large city here and it was just the first short test! 🏙️ 🏘️🐦🦆🦢🦅🦖

#bird #birdid #merlin #merlinapp #merlinbirdapp #blackbird #amsel #Wildlife #greattTit #kohlmeise #eurasianCollardDove #Türkentaube #SyrianWoodpecker #Blutspecht #CommonSwift #Mauersegler #mistleThrush #Drossel #Misteldrossel

Currently obsessed with Merlin Bird ID app, identifying birds in my garden by their song. Amazingly sensitive & accurate (based on the limited songs I know). This is Machine Learning I can get behind! 🐦‍⬛🦉🦅
#MerlinBirdApp #MachineLearning #birds

Lots of birds on my morning walk today, Merlin detected 19 and there's another 6 that I saw, but that refused to sing. One red list species too.
That was roughly here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZorD4FJL7FrcSBEn9

#walking #birds #merlinbirdapp #merlinapp #morningwalk

@vegos_f06
I've boosted that in case someone else knows.
#birds #birdwatching #MerlinBirdApp
I wouldn't know.
I have no connection with Cornell, their Merlin or Google, (other than via WiFi or mobile data 😜 )
There does seem to be a "contact us" option on the site I posted (top right-hand side)

@manisitdas
I like that you've created an appropriately specific Merlin Bird app hashtag.
#MerlinBirdApp

For those who live in urban areas in continental North America, and probably valid for many other urban areas worldwide, birds are still our most accessible wildlife. I started recording briefly on my Merlin Bird app this spring morning, and it picked up eight species! Live very close to a large water body, which may explain the Heron (flying by).

#birding #birds #urbanwildlife #urbanecology #merlinbirdapp #carync #ncbirds