must-have app for everyone from avid outdoorsman to casual, porch sitters - bird identification in real time thru their sound

[model1994]

app is Merlin Bird ID by Cornell University & others.

there is an option, Sound ID, which uses the microphone on your phone to record and actively identify songs of birds near you. it then saves the recording so you can replay and hear/ID again what species made what noise.

hope y’all enjoy as much as I do.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Thought woodcocks had already moved on but heard one this morning.

 

[bashMOH]

I love that app! That and iNaturalist are two must haves for me

 

[Sigblitz]

My wife was asking me the other day to ID a bird by its sound.

 

[Twangbanger]

Thought woodcocks had already moved on but heard had one this morning.

Fify...(...did I do that right Printcraft?)

Just kidding, what a clever app. Thanks for posting OP. I have something like this on a two CD set, but it's old-school unidirectional study material and this sounds much more user-friendly.

 

[KARP]

This will be a great app to use this fall while sitting in my tree stand,
especially on those warmer days when the birds seem to be everywhere.

Again thanks for posting this.

 

[spencer rifle]

For most nature apps (not necessarily Merlin or ones dealing with stars), us professionals say "An app is the fastest, most convenient way to get the wrong answer." When dealing with spiders and certain plants, mistaken identity could have dire consequences.

 

[cosermann]

Sounds like Shazam for birds.

When I was a kid, one summer the counselor who took us on a week-long canoeing trip was an amateur ornithologist. He could do this. It was cool.

It's not terribly difficult if you study it, at least for the common species.

 

[hooky]

For most nature apps (not necessarily Merlin or ones dealing with stars), us professionals say "An app is the fastest, most convenient way to get the wrong answer." When dealing with spiders and certain plants, mistaken identity could have dire consequences.

I've found Merlin to be pretty darn accurate. The sound ID is a newer feature though (maybe right around a year) and I haven't used it enough to come to a conclusion.

 

[bwframe]

 

[Flingarrows]

I’ve been using Merlin for a few years, great app