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Birders

AllaN01Bear

(23,281 posts) Thu Jun 27, 2024, 12:34 PM Jun 2024

merlin bird app update

i downloaded merlin on my phone . rah. it wants a valid email address. if that is all that it wants , thats coo. i am going to have fun.

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merlin bird app update (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 OP

We get loads of enjoyment cilla4progress Jun 2024 #1

It is awesome! Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #2

I think it's a fantastic tool for birders and non-birders. Probatim Jun 2024 #3

cilla4progress

(25,972 posts)

1. We get loads of enjoyment

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2024, 12:37 PM

Jun 2024

from Merlin!

Voltaire2

(14,860 posts)

2. It is awesome!

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2024, 12:39 PM

Jun 2024

Early every evening I hang out in my yard with Merlin and the Birds 🦅.

Probatim

(3,040 posts)

3. I think it's a fantastic tool for birders and non-birders.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2024, 01:10 PM

Jun 2024

The immediate feedback of hearing the birdsong and seeing the app light up is a great way to learn bird song or calls.

It's just a tool though - just because it tells you it hears an Elegant Trogon doesn't mean the bird's there (this actually happened to me in Western PA last year).

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