Cayugabirders: The team working on the Merlin project at the Lab is still in need of some images of a few common bird species for our collaboration with the Visipedia project on computer vision technology as it applies to bird photo ID. If you're unfamiliar with Merlin, or need more details on the use of the images, you can read more here: http://dev.nabirds.org/Web/Tools/ImageUpload/pages/about.php
We're getting very close to completing a data-set, and the following birds are categories in which we're still lacking: *European Starling (**Juveniles/Fledglings only)** * *Indigo Bunting (**Females only)* *Rock Pigeon* *Baltimore Oriole (**Females/juveniles only)* *Brown-headed Cowbird (**Females/juveniles only)* * * These images do not have to be "magazine quality" or shot with professional gear. The main criteria we're looking for are images that have a single bird that's fairly large in the frame, and without significant obstruction of the bird's body by vegetation or other objects. If you have images of any of the birds listed above and are willing to donate them for use in the Merlin project, it would be fantastic if you could email me ASAP. If you have already uploaded images via our ImageShare site, we're not looking for duplicates: only photos that have not yet been contributed to Merlin. Many thanks, Scott --- *Scott Haber* Digital Content Manager Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY *sa...@cornell.edu (607)254-1102* -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
