<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">All,<div>Barb Webster and I were birding at Stillwater near Carnation a couple of weeks ago. We heard a one- note bird call we didn’t recognize, so pulled up Merlin, which reported “American Robin.” Neither of us could recall hearing a robin call quite like this, but Merlin was insistent. We kept looking and finally id’d a Bullock’s Oriole making the call. Further down the trail Merlin again id’d the call as a robin and again it was the oriole. So yes, Merlin does make mistakes. Just like us. </div><div>Penny Koyama, Bothell<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 22, 2023, at 7:22 PM, Wilson Cady <gorgebirds@juno.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>I wouldn't count a bird that I didn't see or hear as Merlin only suggests what might be around but it is up to you to actually identify it. Think of Merlin the same as if another person said that they think they heard whatever bird, you still need to verify it.</div>
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<div><br><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: "dan&erika" <danerika@gmail.com><br>To: Tweets <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>Subject: [Tweeters] Hermit Warbler? "photo-bombs" sapsucker<br>Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 14:17:53 -0700<br><br><p></p>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: large;">Tweets--To make a long story short, I was recording a drumming Red-breasted Sapsucker with the Merlin App at the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail in southern Mason Co. on Saturday. I have never seen a Hermit Warbler in Washington, despite four years' searching. To my surprise, Merlin announced the presence of a Hermit Warbler. I could not hear it, but the warbler call was clearly evident on the sonogram. My friends with better hearing than mine say they can hear the call. I wonder if I can count the bird if I can SEE the call 🙂.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Dan or Erika Tallman<br>Olympia, Washington <br><a href="mailto:danerika@gmail.com" target="_blank">danerika@gmail.com</a><br><br>".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....”—H. D. Thoreau</div>
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