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Bird ID Wizard—Step-by-step Answer three simple questions about a bird you are trying to identify and Merlin will give you a list of possible matches. Merlin offers quick identification help for all levels of bird watchers and outdoor enthusiasts to help you learn about the birds in any country i
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This awesome app for Apple or Android, a pair of binoculars and some time will help you ID your avian quarry correctly. The app uses your microphone and a downloaded database based upon your geographic location to help ID birds.

I have used it to ID many birds and recommend it to anyone looking to know their quarry.
 
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maxtrouble said:
merlin.allaboutbirds.org

Merlin Bird ID - Home

Bird ID Wizard—Step-by-step Answer three simple questions about a bird you are trying to identify and Merlin will give you a list of possible matches. Merlin offers quick identification help for all levels of bird watchers and outdoor enthusiasts to help you learn about the birds in any country i
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This awesome app for Apple or Android, a pair of binoculars and some time will help you ID your avian quarry correctly. The app uses your microphone and a downloaded database based upon your geographic location to help ID birds.

I have used it to ID many birds and recommend it to anyone looking to know their quarry.
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I'm not a tree hugger per se but I've yet to understand the need to make "birds" or things we don't eat, into a quarry?
Pigeons, sure, starlings, sure, things that mess with a farmers crops and feed lots, sure. Furry things that endanger a farmers stock, sure.
But just to kill something for the sake of shooting something? I'm left to wonder = why?
Now if the app keeps you from killing an endangered species, well that's for sure helpful.
 
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cavedweller said:
I'm not a tree hugger per se but I've yet to understand the need to make "birds" or things we don't eat, into a quarry?
Pigeons, sure, starlings, sure, things that mess with a farmers crops and feed lots, sure. Furry things that endanger a farmers stock, sure.
But just to kill something for the sake of shooting something? I'm left to wonder = why?
Now if the app keeps you from killing an endangered species, well that's for sure helpful.
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I use the app to identify all the song birds that come to the feeders. Any pest bird get culled to keep them away from the feed. There is a Carolina Wren here that could be mis-identified as a house sparrow. That is why I use Merlin. So I only cull the pest birds that I can 100% ID before I pull the trigger.
 
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I am a English house sparrow hunter, I wonder what kind of sparrow is these? photoed at 10yds from my window
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jarmstrong said:
I am a English house sparrow hunter, I wonder what kind of sparrow is these? photoed at 10yds from my window
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Looks like a finch species.....they look similar to sparrows but their beaks are more round in shape and the tips of their beaks cross usually. Just looked it up it's a Jacarina finch.
 
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maxtrouble said:
merlin.allaboutbirds.org

Merlin Bird ID - Home

Bird ID Wizard—Step-by-step Answer three simple questions about a bird you are trying to identify and Merlin will give you a list of possible matches. Merlin offers quick identification help for all levels of bird watchers and outdoor enthusiasts to help you learn about the birds in any country i
merlin.allaboutbirds.org merlin.allaboutbirds.org

This awesome app for Apple or Android, a pair of binoculars and some time will help you ID your avian quarry correctly. The app uses your microphone and a downloaded database based upon your geographic location to help ID birds.

I have used it to ID many birds and recommend it to anyone looking to know their quarry.
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I stumbled across this app earlier this year. I really like it. I think it works quite well. I don't really know one bird from the next so I"m using the app to learn. No need for bird pesting around here. I'm only using it to learn what birds are common to the area.
 
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