<div dir="auto">Hi Jim,</div><div dir="auto">That’s great! Do you have the Sibley app? It’s a good source for, well everything, but includes songs and calls for just about every species. </div><div dir="auto">Also, there’s an app called Larkwire that allows you to compare similar species and learn by repetitive comparisons. Both are helpful in learning “birding by ear”.</div><div dir="auto">I would like to wish you a happy birthday in advance. That’s awesome!!</div><div dir="auto">Thanks for being a good person by caring about birds. Keep us updated on your prowess!</div><div dir="auto">Warmest regards,</div><div dir="auto">George Miller </div><div dir="auto">Longview </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 12:06 Jim Betz via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><u></u>
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<p>Rob/all,</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p> I would -certainly- like to reach out to the Merlin project
managers. I have tried in the</p>
<p>past and they didn't seem to care (probably because mine is just
"one voice" ...?). If</p>
<p>anyone on this list has any insider knowledge on how to get
experiences/suggestions</p>
<p>to the people at Cornell doing these tools I'd certainly like
some guidance on how to</p>
<p>do that.</p>
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- jim in Skagit<br>
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<div>On 7/9/2024 1:33 AM, Rob Faucett wrote:<br>
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Jim - This is very cool. And perhaps more imptly I think it
might be useful to the Merlin project managers.
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<div>Keep it up!!</div>
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via Tweeters <a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank"><tweeters@u.washington.edu></a> wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi again,</p>
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</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> So here is the latest update on my adventures into birding by ear ...</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> I went to a location (The "Upland Trail" at Padilla Bay) that I've been going to</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">this summer. I was seeing and hearing about the same number of birds as</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">before ... and I was there at approximately the same time. This location has</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">a lot of times when you are out in the open (grassy fields) and then also a lot</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">of times when you are in the forest/understory - but also a lot of time when</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">the ability to view/look around is seriously impeded by brush/small trees.
</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> But! Using Merlin it 'found' no less than 38 different species. Of those</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">5 or 6 were "uncommon". So using Merlin Sound ID to 'discover what might</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">be around' is definitely good.</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> A couple of gotchas however ...</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> 1) Many of the birds SoundID found were never seen visually. I even spent</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> quite a bit of time sitting on one of the many benches and watching the</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> area and my phone to see if I could find the birds visually. I would say that</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> about half were never seen in the entire 2+ hours.</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> 2) I found it quite disconcerting that SoundId often did not hear bird calls</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> that I was hearing -very- clearly. I could hear the bird calling/singing</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> but SoundId never flagged them on my phone. It didn't flag anything at</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> these times.
</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> 3) A lot of the "never seen" birds (see #1) were also flagged ... when I</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> heard nothing at all. Is my hearing really that bad? I intend to test</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> this more ... even enlisting the help of others to confirm that they</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> "heard nothing/something" when I heard nothing and SoundId flagged.</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> 4) I have added several new (to me) bird songs/calls that I had been</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> hearing all along - but didn't know which bird it was.
</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> So, overall I am finding SoundID to be a very useful tool for learning bird</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">songs/calls.</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> - Jim</span></p>
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<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">P.S. I got a very long look at a nestbox occupied by a family of Tree Swallows</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> where the adults were zooming here and there after insects and then</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> returning to the box to feed the young bird who had its head stuck out of</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> the hole and was blocking the entire hole. At one point I briefly thought I</span></p>
<p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> saw a probable second young behind and above its head.
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