Merlin has told me several times about the chipping sparrows in my yard
when I know it's hearing juncos. I wouldn't trust it on an out of area bird
without a visual confirmation. It's impressive technology that it works as
well as it does, but perfection would be too much to ask!
Louise Rutter
Kirkland
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:27 AM Carl Haynie <
hayncarl at gmail.com> wrote:
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I ditto Penny's experience. I've been using Merlin quite a bit since my
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hearing is poor, but I always check it by simply replaying the recording,
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sticking my phone's speaker in my ear if necessary. Or by analyzing the
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spectrograms/sonograms at home if it picked up something really odd - yet
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possible (it's tricky learning how to export the recordings off your phone
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at first).
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But, yes, even after you make sure the App is location-aware (you'll know
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since it will display your location when it's recording), there is still
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something in their algorithm that has it try to match sounds to birds not
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documented for our continent and the "hits" are frequently European birds.
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Quite strange. There might be a bird pack filter option I'm not aware of or
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they need to fine tune their logic a bit.
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Carl Haynie
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Sammamish
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On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:37 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA <
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Merlin isn't always 100%. I had it come up with a Yellowhammer in New
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Mexico a few months ago!
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Penny Koyama, Bothell
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On 09/14/2022 7:20 PM Mary Forrester <mgfrrstr at comcast.net> wrote:
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Today I was birding at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, using Merlin.
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Merlin picked up a chestnut-sided warbler. I neither saw nor heard it
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myself. Has anyone else encountered this bird?
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Mary Forrester
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