[Tweeters] Use of Merlin app

[Rob Faucett via Tweeters]

Hi Phil & TEEETERS - If you find a regular or repeatable Merlin problem/mistake  (like this one) it would be great if you could let me or the Merlin People know. 

Users are the best form of improvement assistance.  

Thanks and good Merlining!!


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Rob Faucett
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Seattle, WA  98105


> On May 2, 2024, at 6:48 PM, Philip Dickinson via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> 

> I would list it as empid, especially given Merlin’s regular suggestion that juncos are Chipping Sparrows. Indeed, remember that Merlin is only a suggestion, not a certain ID.

> 

> Phil Dickinson

> Sent from my iPhone

> 

>>> On May 2, 2024, at 6:25 PM, Kenneth Brown via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>>> 

>> 

>> I use Merlin mostly when I'm birding alone.  I'm hard of hearing, using it alerts me to the possibility of nearby birds I didn't hear.  I don't list birds I didn't hear if I didn't see them.  I toured the Darlin Creek Preserve this afternoon, among the birds Merlin ID'd but I didn't list were Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's and Yellow warbler, Lesser Goldfinch and a couple of others because I didn't see them.  I did rely on Merlin for one species ID though, and now I'm wondering if I should have.  Hammond's Flycatcher appeared on my phone and I found the bird.  It was active and so not staying in place very long but it fit the description and I listed it.  After consideration, I have to say that without Merlin's prompting I wouldn't have been sure I could distinguish it from a Dusky Flycatcher.  In this situation, where voice is critical, is using Merlin to make that determination acceptable?  Or should I have listed it as an Empid species?  What does the birding world think?

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