FYI. Neat little program Cornell has developed and is refining. IF you can get
a picture of a bird, it will ID the birds from your picture. I tried it on
several of my pics and it ID’d them all correctly. Cool stuff.
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Subject: eNews: Identify Your Bird with Computer Vision--Try It Out!
In this issue: ID birds with help from computer vision; go behind the scenes
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Bird watchers helped teach the computer to recognize Blackburnian Warblers by
clicking on parts of the bird in training images. The computer vision system is
powered by the Visipedia project from Caltech and Cornell Tech, and uses eBird
data to customize results by location and date. Photo by Christopher L. Wood.
Introducing Merlin Bird Photo ID
We've been working on a new bird photo ID feature for the Merlin app, and we're
ready for you try it on our test website! Just upload a photo, click on the
bird’s bill, eye, and tail, and let computer vision help you ID the bird. It
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Learn how the Cornell Lab's Gerrit Vyn captured intimate views of this
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Behind the Scenes with The Sagebrush Sea: Filming Ferruginous Hawks
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Dottie reacts as a snake enters the box, shown on a second cam in the inset at
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Barn Owl Mom’s Quick Action Saves Nestlings from Snake
When a Texas rat snake enters a nest box in the middle of the night, it’s bad
news for the four chicks on our Barn Owl cam. Fortunately, mom Dottie saves the
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Cyrano of the Jungle: Learn about the Great Hornbill and the artist’s insights
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June eBirder of the Month Challenge: June is a crucial time in the lives of
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Wow, 6,088 Bird Species on Global Big Day!
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