Love this app. Shout out to fellow birders out there.
Brb
Submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Balrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
No joke about a month ago I found out about that app, and now I’m obsessing over bird feeders and trying to run away house sparrows. This app is DANGEROUS, it’s probably more addictive than cocaine.
embed_me@programming.dev 7 months ago
looking up a new bird I
sawheardcobra89@beehaw.org 7 months ago
While yes it has a bird sound ID, you can also use it to ID birds visually by giving your location and answering a few questions, after which it gives you a list of birds from the most probable to least.
ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is the way.
pruneaue@infosec.pub 7 months ago
Got like all my redneck family members to download this and they love it so much
Spendrill@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 months ago
How does this compare to birdNET?
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 7 months ago
I miss the what’s this bird subreddit. That place was so lit, I got birds identified within an hour.
giotheflow@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Merlin identifies birds as soon as it thinks it hears one; that is quite nice. I can click on the listed bird and it will jump to the section(s) of the recording where it heard the bird. Iirc birdnet makes you create a selection. I am no expert but they both seem accurate.
IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 6 months ago
I’ve tried multiple times to get the song ID to work, but the birdsong has to be so loud in the recording for it to detect it that I rarely get close enough to a bird for it to work. I was sad about that, it seemed so cool. And to be honest, for visual ID, I still prefer a bird book. Maybe it’s just a me thing.
jared@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Anyone know of any other good similar apps? I’ve tried multiple plant ID apps over the years but none I’d recommend.
lemming@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
For plants, PlantNet works very well for me.
Hule@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I use Seek by iNaturalist. It’s working well.
weariedfae@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Seconded
toxic_cloud@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I use this all the time, it is fantastic.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 7 months ago
WhoBIRD has been working well for me. Doesn’t have the visual ID stuff that Merlin has, but it’s FOSS and identifies by sound, based on location and time of year.
Granted, I don’t know enough to know when it’s wrong, and I bet it’s not great for identifying rare birds, but it’s fun.
mo_lave@reddthat.com 7 months ago
brb looking at birbs
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Whatever makes you flappy
ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I will never not be amazed at the Sound ID feature. And I have spent a concerning amount of time trying to fake a bird call good enough to fool the app. It is my White Whale
notthebees@reddthat.com 7 months ago
I got a great horned owl on accident. It was my paper crinkling. First time I used Bird ID.
ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Some folks are just born with it, I guess