I will never not be amazed at the Sound ID feature. And I have spent a concerning amount of time trying to fake a bird call good enough to fool the app. It is my White Whale
Love this app. Shout out to fellow birders out there.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
Anyone know of any other good similar apps? I’ve tried multiple plant ID apps over the years but none I’d recommend.
For plants, PlantNet works very well for me.
Seconded
I use this all the time, it is fantastic.
I use Seek by iNaturalist. It’s working well.
WhoBIRD has been working well for me. Doesn’t have the visual ID stuff that Merlin has, but it’s FOSS and identifies by sound, based on location and time of year.
Granted, I don’t know enough to know when it’s wrong, and I bet it’s not great for identifying rare birds, but it’s fun.
Merlin isn’t open source?
I don’t think so, it also includes at least 4 trackers.
I totally agree. whoBIRD is amazing.
I did use BirdNet for quite some time before whoBIRD was available, but it’s so great to be able to open up the app (whoBIRD) wherever and have it identify the birds we’re hearing without having to wait for a network round trip. The somewhat recent feature of showing bird photos in whoBIRD is nice as well.
Running the app from time to time has had me notice birds in the area I would’ve otherwise missed.
Thanks to the app, I saw a long tailed tit for the first time and even managed to get a few photos! (They were mixed in with other bird song, but the app said they were singing in the area too. After a little searching, we found them.)
Photos:
https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/677904448182940941
https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/678023083037619560
It’s definitely an app that would make someone install F-Droid on Android if they haven’t already. (As it’s only available on F-Droid and not Google Play.)
Got like all my redneck family members to download this and they love it so much
This is the way.
looking up a new bird I
sawheardWhile yes it has a bird sound ID, you can also use it to ID birds visually by giving your location and answering a few questions, after which it gives you a list of birds from the most probable to least.
No joke about a month ago I found out about that app, and now I’m obsessing over bird feeders and trying to run away house sparrows. This app is DANGEROUS, it’s probably more addictive than cocaine.
It’s fucking so incredibly cool. WE use it all the time just in our backyard when we hear or see a new bird.
Well what do you know… I just saw a new bird in my backyard, never seen this particular fella before, wondered what type of bird it is.
Whatever makes you flappy
This app is legit too: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whobird/
