This is the main screen of Merlin Bird ID. In Merlin Bird ID, you can use 'answer questions to identify' to narrow down the species from the bird's sighting location and general characteristics ...

After looking at a number of birding apps, I learned that Merlin could identify over 6000 different types of birds, by listening to their calls. Not only was I impressed by the number of bird ...

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Using a model co-developed with CalTech and trained on the images and sounds of those birds, Merlin can take a photo you snapped or listen to a recording and attempt to identify the bird you saw or ...

The author of “Slow Birding,” Joan Strassmann, which I reviewed in an earlier column, takes her job seriously as an ...

Apps like Seek and Merlin Bird ID are useful for doing just ... used artificial intelligence to identify bird calls.

Then a camouflaged speaker that scientists had placed nearby started to play. First came a recorded honk from an unpartnered ...

Spring is the time to tune your ears to melodies and call notes of songbirds, as males sing their hearts out during spring breeding season. It’s also the best time to learn the names of each songbird ...

Merlin Bird users are encouraged to enter their location ... and the community would identify what was in that photo. Today it uses AI to determine what people have photographed.

The two-volume work “ID Handbook of European Birds” by Nils van Duivendijk was released on Oct. 22. The book comprises 1,056 ...

Michigan is a beautiful place with amazing landscapes, scenery, wonders, and more — and the best way to explore the Great ...

The binoculars use AI image recognition technology and data from the Merlin Bird ID database to help you easily identify more than 9,000 birds and other wildlife at the click of a button.