<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tom Dorrance</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM Lea Mitchell 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:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg7764547554652765855"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_7764547554652765855WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Yes! Keep the old version of Merlin if you can. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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