<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">And Automated Recording Unit (ARU) is the way to go. I’m not sure if they are available retail. But I just saw a box of about 48 of them at The Lab. They’re about $200 and recorder for about a week. <div><br></div><div>Let me check in with folks at The Lab and get back to you.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Birding,</div><div>rcf</div><div><br></div><div><div><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 Nov 13, 2024, at 4:09 PM, Philip Magallanes via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div dir="ltr">My iPhone 15 will run over 24 hours. I believe there is a settings menu item that allows an app to run indefinitely but it is cell phone dependent. I definitely would like to see Merlin results in the comfort of my living room. My cellphone
can be used for other purposes while it is recording. Don’t know if the $25 mic is better than the internal mic, but more expensive mics definitely are. I have one. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 13, 2024 3:35:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Philip Magallanes <mail@pgmagallanes.com><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] A New Way to use Merlin Sound ID</font>
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<div style="line-break:after-white-space">I’ve found that Merlin stops recording after awhile. Is there a setting to tell it to keep recording indefinitely? Or is there some other workaround? And I’m not exactly clear on what the wireless microphone does for
you. Is it that you don’t want to leave your phone outside overnight? Or is the microphone a better quality for bird than the built in cell phone mic?
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<div>On Nov 13, 2024, at 14:12, Philip Magallanes via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dear Tweets,</div>
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<div style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">I believe I discovered an inexpensive way to add another dimension to birding. It started with Merlin Sound ID. As we all know, Merlin Sound ID offers suggestions as to what birds may be
present. It can have problems for a variety of reasons including background noise, low recording volume, other birds with similar calls, database limitations and others. But it is still used by many birders as an aid.</div>
<div style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Recently, our Trilogy Birders Club has had an interest in owls that have been calling in our neighborhoods. My fellow birder asked the question, is there a way to record at night so that
we could hear the owls? The answer was yes, use a wireless microphone. So, I purchased an inexpensive ($25) wireless microphone kit from Amazon to fit my cellphone. After charging one of the mics, I attached the small receiver to my cellphone, left the
cellphone in my living room, and then placed the microphone on our deck. After turning on Merlin, the bird list began to show up as it does when using Merlin in the field. But there were more birds. The house acted as a hide.</div>
<div style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The first thing I noticed is that the morning chorus is intense and includes a multitude of species. It starts at first light and continues for one or two hours. Next, the owls rule the
night. Geese are common before sunrise and after sunset, but Merlin reports only owls in the middle of the night. Owls included Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Barn Owl and Northern Saw-whet Owl. We have heard and photographed the Great Horned Owl, heard
and photographed the Barred Owl, and heard the Barn Owl. We have yet to hear the Northern Saw-whet Owl but have recorded this owl at two separate locations one-half mile apart. </div>
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