As any Merlin Bird IDer knows, there is no thrill quite like pressing the "This is my bird" button for the first time, and it ...

Merlin is already an established bird guide app. It offers a walkthrough process for regular by-sight identification that’s useful for beginner birders in addition to its more advanced tools.

With Sound ID, Merlin can help you identify the sounds of more than 450 bird species in the United States and Canada. Merlin Bird ID uses thousands of recordings to learn the different calls of birds.

Jun. 30—Is that the tweet of a titmouse? Or the chirp of a chickadee? After you download the app Merlin Bird ID, you can use your smartphone to identify sounds and match them to the birds in ...

Thanks to the Merlin app, I can now identify some of my favorite musicians — birds. The app is produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a reliable group for dispensing information about birds.

A bird watching app is suddenly popular thanks to a new feature: the ability to identify the type of bird singing! It’s basically Shazam, but for bird sounds. Follow Rich DeMuro on Instagram … ...

The app, which is currently limited to the 400 most common North American bird species, is the product of a three-way collaboration between Cornell Tech, Caltech, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

All you have to do is spend 15 minutes identifying any birds you see or hear, and reporting it online. If you're new to birdwatching, organizers recommend the Merlin Bird ID app.