One thing to note for species you did not consciously see or hear...
Once you have the Merlin recording, you can review the species it has
noted and decide if it was accurate or not.
For example, if it has reported Yellow-breasted Chat, you can select
Yellow-breasted Chat from the list of species below the recording and
it will take you to the first location where it thinks it ID'd that
species. If you select Yellow-breasted Chat a second time it will take
you to the next location it thinks it recorded the species, etc. At
each point, you can listen to the sound and look at the sonogram and
decide if it was accurate or not.
Cheers,
Bill Hull
Cincinnati, OH
On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 10:04 AM Rick S. <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Hi birders,
Yesterday I down loaded the Merlin app and used the sound ID. I was
amazed how well it seemed to work. Is this app accurate and does KOS use it
to ID birds? This morning I walked the perimeter of my yard. It took 10
minutes. I did it with the app running and according to the app I recording
the following birds. Wood Thrush, red eyed vireo, red bellied woodpecker
yellow-throated warbler, KY warbler, ovenbird, hairy woodpecker, northern
cardinal, eastern wood pewee, Am. Robin, indigo bunting, downy woodpecker,
scarlet warbler, tufted titmouse, white eyed vireo, Philadelphia vireo,
yellow breasted chat and eastern towhee. The Philadelphia vireo had a red
dot by its name. I had a hermit thrush yesterday evening that had a red dot
also. Not sure what the red dot means yet. Still learning.
I am very interested in your comments. This a learning session for me
with using this app.
Thanks, have a great birding day,
Rick Seelhorst
Siloam, KY
