<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">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. <div><br></div><div>Users are the best form of improvement assistance. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and good Merlining!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>rcf<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">—<div>Rob Faucett</div><div>+1(206) 619-5569</div><div>robfaucett@mac.com</div><div>Seattle, WA 98105</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 2, 2024, at 6:48 PM, Philip Dickinson via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">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.<div><br></div><div>Phil Dickinson<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 2, 2024, at 6:25 PM, Kenneth Brown via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">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?</span>
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