Know your quarry - Merlin Bird ID

[maxtrouble]

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

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.

 

[Struckat]

Yup, awesome app

 

[cavedweller]

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

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.

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.

 

[mh]

It’s a good app. I am a “birder” and am learning to use it. It is a lot lighter then carrying the Audubon field guide around

 

[maxtrouble]

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.

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.

 

[woogie_man]

Going to download and go through it, will do the same on my son's phone. Good to start the id process early.

 

[jarmstrong]

I am a English house sparrow hunter, I wonder what kind of sparrow is these? photoed at 10yds from my window

 

[kayaker]

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 indigo Bunting did it have some black on the lower part of the wings ?

 

[Ranchibi]

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.

 

[jarmstrong]

it is an Indigo Bunting,, a rare bird in western Nebr, for about 2 weeks in the spring as they travel through
usually two indigos and a doz of the Lazuli Buntings

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[scottg0814]

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

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.

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.

 

[maxtrouble]

One of the coolest features of this app is the "identify a bird by sound". Selecting this option puts your phone into a listen mode and it will start identifying birds by their calls. Very cool feature, helps you put the bird and the call together.

Identify Bird Songs and Calls with Sound ID

Sound ID listens to the birds around you and shows real-time suggestions for who’s singing. Compare your recording to the songs and calls in Merlin to confirm what you heard. More About Sound ID Supported regions Sound ID in the Merlin Bird ID app is currently available for 1,3

merlin.allaboutbirds.org

 

[MrP]

One of the coolest features of this app is the "identify a bird by sound". Selecting this option puts your phone into a listen mode and it will start identifying birds by their calls. Very cool feature, helps you put the bird and the call together.

Identify Bird Songs and Calls with Sound ID

Sound ID listens to the birds around you and shows real-time suggestions for who’s singing. Compare your recording to the songs and calls in Merlin to confirm what you heard. More About Sound ID Supported regions Sound ID in the Merlin Bird ID app is currently available for 1,3

merlin.allaboutbirds.org

This is an amazing app. You can turn it on and set it out there and go about your business and then it will tell you all the birds that are in the area. You can scrub through the recording and it will play the sound and identify the bird as you listen to it on the playback

 

[SilentSquirrel]

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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This makes @cavedweller 's point exactly

 

[jarmstrong]

This makes @cavedweller 's point exactly

then let me explain it to you,,, it was a humourous post to show off the beautiful and rare to my area, bird I got a photo of,,,
you missed my point,,, maybe you can see it in your avatar artwork,,, there is an 'unpleasant' side to it

3 years in a row, now, they have visited my feeders,,, maybe I should ask them about their pronouns, since that seems to important to you

 

[SilentSquirrel]

then let me explain it to you,,, it was a humourous post to show off the beautiful and rare to my area, bird I got a photo of,,,
you missed my point,,, maybe you can see it in your avatar artwork,,, there is an 'unpleasant' side to it

3 years in a row, now, they have visited my feeders,,, maybe I should ask them about their pronouns, since that seems to important to you

FWIW
The avatar & signature are displays of my sense of humor
Looks as if we have missed each other's point

Very glad you were not considering shooting that beauty

Edward

 

[6gun]

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.

I can only speak for myself, but I'd ask anybody who grew up on an air rifle to look back on what you shot . Merlin is great, there are some features that could get you in trouble. What and why I will refrain from elaborating on and leave this very helpful link. I see agn mods deleted a post about a dove for this reason. I hope others find this as useful as I did to figure out what's ok for airguns.

Airgun Hunting Laws by State | Extreme Rifles | Airgun Laws | Custom Airguns

Great Southern Gun Works has provided a list of Airgun Hunting Laws by State. All approved game to hunt is listed by state in alphabetical order. Please visit your states wildlife management division for more details and any changes to the law. Extreme Rifles. Custom Hunting Rifles. FX Airguns.

www.extremerifles.com

 

[Deadeye Dick]

This is pretty cool actually.

 

[RabbitofCaerbannog]

Been using this for months. Great app extremely accurate on the LISTEN ID feature.

The calls definitely get the doves and sparrows going insane.

 

[BassMan]

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.