[Tweeters] chestnut sided warbler

[Louise Rutter]

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:


> I ditto Penny’s experience. I’ve been using Merlin quite a bit since my

> hearing is poor, but I always check it by simply replaying the recording,

> sticking my phone’s speaker in my ear if necessary. Or by analyzing the

> spectrograms/sonograms at home if it picked up something really odd - yet

> possible (it’s tricky learning how to export the recordings off your phone

> at first).

>

> But, yes, even after you make sure the App is location-aware (you’ll know

> since it will display your location when it’s recording), there is still

> something in their algorithm that has it try to match sounds to birds not

> documented for our continent and the “hits” are frequently European birds.

> Quite strange. There might be a bird pack filter option I’m not aware of or

> they need to fine tune their logic a bit.

>

> Carl Haynie

> Sammamish

>

> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:37 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA <

> plkoyama at comcast.net> wrote:

>

>> Merlin isn't always 100%.  I had it come up with a Yellowhammer in New

>> Mexico a few months ago!

>> Penny Koyama, Bothell

>>

>> On 09/14/2022 7:20 PM Mary Forrester <mgfrrstr at comcast.net> wrote:

>>

>>

>> Today I was birding at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, using Merlin.

>> Merlin picked up a chestnut-sided warbler.  I neither saw nor heard it

>> myself.  Has anyone else encountered this bird?

>>

>> Mary Forrester

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