[Tweeters] Merlin -- while biking past a pecan orchard

[Thomas Dorrance via Tweeters]

Raptor vocalizations at close range were often a feature of the spring
Apple Century bike ride out of Wenatchee. Other orchards opted for cannon
fire. Both quite distracting.
Tom Dorrance

On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM Lea Mitchell via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Yes! Keep the old version of Merlin if you can.

>

> And a brief tale. While biking in the deserts of Arizona we used Merlin to

> help us tap into birds along the way. We emerged from the desert and then

> into one of the largest Pecan plantations in the country. We heard a

> Peregrine, then an eagle, and a red tail. Merlin heard them too. Hmmm. We

> were skeptical. Turns out it was a recording the orchard folks were playing

> to keep the songbirds from eating the Pecans.

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