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Is everyone using the Merlin app? (Original Post) amerikat May 2024 OP
Thanks, I'll try it. Heard one song yesterday I couldn't identify Walleye May 2024 #1
Yes! cilla4progress May 2024 #2
It's amazing. amerikat May 2024 #4
yes! for years now RainCaster May 2024 #3
I'll have to try the other databases. Thanks(nt) amerikat May 2024 #5
Yep! Dave in VA May 2024 #6
It's like the app reaches into the bushes Qutzupalotl May 2024 #7
Can also identify using a photo of the bird unc70 May 2024 #8
will check out...thx... bahboo May 2024 #9
It's amazing. Easterncedar May 2024 #10
Yes, It's great. SharonAnn May 2024 #11
Wonderful tool Thunderbeast May 2024 #12
nope. my old cell phone died . so when i get my back up and running , i will have merlin on it AllaN01Bear May 2024 #13
i imitate bird calls. would be neat to id brbs that come to me . AllaN01Bear May 2024 #14
I love it. I had a friend tell me about it 2 years ago. sybylla May 2024 #15

RainCaster

(12,862 posts)
3. yes! for years now
Tue May 14, 2024, 08:42 PM
May 2024

I download the databases for other parts of the world for when I visit for work. This works very well.

unc70

(6,401 posts)
8. Can also identify using a photo of the bird
Tue May 14, 2024, 09:56 PM
May 2024

Or directly from the camera. Or from a series of questions.
It is fun to play with.

Easterncedar

(4,397 posts)
10. It's amazing.
Tue May 14, 2024, 10:10 PM
May 2024

Told me I was being serenaded by a Carolina wren some weeks ago. I didn’t need it to tell me today that an eastern oriole was doing a virtuoso turn along the upper Niagara River as I strolled along the banks..

AllaN01Bear

(25,172 posts)
13. nope. my old cell phone died . so when i get my back up and running , i will have merlin on it
Wed May 15, 2024, 01:54 AM
May 2024

sybylla

(8,655 posts)
15. I love it. I had a friend tell me about it 2 years ago.
Wed May 15, 2024, 11:54 AM
May 2024

Every warm day since I use it for the birdsongs that I don't know or to see who's living in different parts of my farm (woods vs. field).

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