Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird Sound ID apps

2021-07-07 Thread Peter Saracino
So far I think Merlin is more user-friendly. BirdNet seems a bit more sensitive with respect to distant "noises"... If I could only have one it'd be Merlin. Just my 2 cents. Pete Sar On Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 7:00 PM Barbara B. Eden wrote: > All, > Now that we have two apps from the Lab of O for bir

[cayugabirds-l] Bird Sound ID apps

2021-07-07 Thread Barbara B. Eden
All, Now that we have two apps from the Lab of O for bird song identification, Merlin and BirdNet I am wondering if there is a preference from you expert Birding folks thanks in advance Barbara Eden sent from my small gadget -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugab

[cayugabirds-l] More on haying and Bobolinks

2021-07-07 Thread Jody Enck
Audubon just posted this story today. Very relevant to our work here. https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2021/how-farmers-new-england-make-hay-bobolinks?ms=digital-eng-email-ea-newsletter-engagement_20210707_audubon-magazine_summer-2021-issue&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=enga

[cayugabirds-l] worm eating warblers at Lindsay Parsons

2021-07-07 Thread Tobias Dean
After hiking up to the Pinnacles above the LP Preserve Monday we were a bit shocked by the more or less complete defoliation by caterpillars on the red oaks and the other oak trees whose name I forgot on the steep slope. It looked like March up there and moths and pupae were everywhere on the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Possible Worm-eating Warblers in Lansing NY

2021-07-07 Thread Jay McGowan
Hi Linda, Yes, clicking that will give us a record of it, but it won't be a lot to go on otherwise. One thing that will help long-term would be to make a recording of the bird, then upload it to an eBird checklist (doing some light editing following our best practices

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Possible Worm-eating Warblers in Lansing NY

2021-07-07 Thread Linda Orkin
Jay I wonder if you can say what we should do if we know song ID is incorrect. I got worm eating warbler for chipping sparrow down by vas’s park rink today and I clicked no match. Is that the best way to tri and alert Merlin to an incorrect choice? Linda Orkin > On Jul 6, 2021, at 10:32 AM, Ja