Know your quarry - Merlin Bird ID

I love the app because it can identify a bird by the sound that they make. Often times I will hear a bird but not see it and the app will identify the bird.
Get this app to go with it @BassMan
Then you will know whether the tree the bird is in needs a hug

 
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Lifelong birder here. I’ve been using the Merlin app for years and it is a good app.
The way I understand the o.p. is he was hoping by encouraging proper identification of birds, to save non-pest species from being collateral damage. One popular youtuber used to show a migratory songbird being shot in his intro’s. Pest birds cause major problems for some native bird species and some pest species (starlings) are out of control. However know what you are shooting.
 
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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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Yep, that's an Indigo Bunting.......I used to be into bird photography a while back and I've got several pics of them, they used to show up around here in Virginia around May......Here's a pic of one I got........

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When I was into the bird photography, I had always wanted to find a Pileated Woodpeckers nest and try to get some pics of them feeding the young ones in the nest. I used to walk for miles in the woods trying to follow them to find an active nest. Around here it's very hard to find an active nest in a rural area....it took me 5 years and I finally found one and got the pics I wanted....:) Here's a couple of the pics I got.......

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When I was into the bird photography, I had always wanted to find a Pileated Woodpeckers nest and try to get some pics of them feeding the young ones in the nest. I used to walk for miles in the woods trying to follow them to find an active nest. Around here it's very hard to find an active nest in a rural area....it took me 5 years and I finally found one and got the pics I wanted....:) Here's a couple of the pics I got.......

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Beautiful pictures. My son got this video.
 
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