I have been having fun with a new to me app on my phone. Merlin is a bird song identifier from Cornell Labs of Ornithology that identifies birds by their songs, records the songs, and supplies photos of the birds.
I have been using the app when I walk out my long driveway to get the newspaper in the mornings. The app can hear birds I can't hear, but I know are around here because I have seen them at various times.
This morning I went out to pick some flowers, and since the sun was shining on the garden deck, I sat there for a while, and turned on my bird song app.
I haven't figured out a way to copy the photos, but here is what my app heard this morning: Pine Siskin, American Crow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Anna's Hummingbird, House Finch, Bewick's Wren, and Brown Creeper.
I think I have only seen the Brown Creeper once or twice over the years, but it's nice to know they are still creeping up tree trunks.
I have a few photoo I took a few winters ago of some of my feathered friends.
House Finch or Pulple Finch?
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut- backed Chickadee
Internet photos:
Pine Siskin - flocks come to the feeder at certain times of the year.
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That's a lovely line-up of birds!! That App sounds useful.
ReplyDeleteMy husband has it on his phone and really enjoys it! We are not seeing Spring birds yet...another month or so:)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous captures. I love the sounds birds make, sounds like a great tool.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like fun. I don't know one bird call from the other (except a mocking bird, of course). Maybe I need to look into Merlin. I was meditating the other day and right in the middle of all that quiet and peace a bird started singing in a tree near my apartment. Such a special moment.
ReplyDeleteI lead a bird group in the city for ten years. Our average count was 8 to 12species an outing. Then somebody started using an app and we consistently counted around 40 species. amazing.
ReplyDeleteI tried it a few years ago and learned a lot of bird names. I didn't put it onto my latest phone, though. Maybe I should. Love your pictures!
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of birds we don’t have here. They are all beautiful! I have put the Merlin on my phone when you showed me and that is fun!
ReplyDeleteMy brother encouraged me to add the Merlin app to my phone and I love it. He lives in the country and has birds I don't hear in the city or when I'm at home in town. But when the weather improves, I love discovering the sounds I'm hearing.
ReplyDeleteSpring is finally here, I saw juncos yesterday and two robins this morning!
That app would be fun. I may try it. Love the pics. Tried a rock identifier app recently. (Yep! I like rocks) It was great, but a bit too expensive.
ReplyDeleteI love those bird pictures! Most of them were short roundish birds, like the finches. My favorite bird is bright green and like a finch - called Big Eye or Mejiro. Other birds we have are longer and not so round such as mynah birds, doves (stupid birds that nest on our houses), pigeons, bulbuls (destroyer of orchid buds and fruits), and not much else in my neighborhood.
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