Ditto on Merlin! It’s such a terrific app—I’ve picked up birds I would have
missed in the spring warbler cacophony and am learning a lot.
Some great features: it records what you are hearing and lists the birds along
with their songs—both what you have recorded and official recordings of
multiple song versions for each bird to help you later compare and confirm.
When recording, the bird’s name lights up in real time when it detects their
song. It keeps those lists for you to refer to later, whether to learn more or
report to ebird.
My only qualm is that there are times I’m torn between watching for a listed
bird to light up to be sure of what I’m hearing, and actually looking for the
bird to confirm by sight! Both are valuable and important and yet…
But there have been so many I’ve been able to confirm by sight and sound that I
would have missed before that I can readily overlook that small thing.
Kudos to Cornell for yet another fabulous contribution to birding!
Sent from my iPhone
On May 6, 2022, at 7:39 AM, Lisa Mease <rvamedic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Why couldn’t it be frogs? There are many species of tree frogs in Virginia.
My other thought is Gray Catbird. They make some very odd sounds.
I am loving Merlin’s new sound ID feature. It has solved many mysteries for
me. You should definitely check it out.
-Lisa
On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 12:51 Zwicky, Eric <ezwicky2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was walking yesterday on the Buttermilk Trail (South side of the James
between Reedy Creek and Belle-Isle) and I heard what sounded like a deep
croaking of a frog, but it was coming from up in a tree, and so was the
reply.
What bird makes a sound like a protracted frog's croak?
Eric Z
Southside Richmond
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