I can not hear most fly catchers etc. that are high 8,000 hz and higher. Neither the birds nor the sound played by various apps.
Will this allow me to see a graphic representation of the sound? Then maybe it can help me ID those birds that I am told can best be differentiated by sound ie. Cordilleran and Pacific-slope etc..
On Jun 29, 2021, at 8:07 PM, Darren Clark <darrenclarkbird@…> wrote:
Yeah. I think it’s a game changer for sure. I think it’s one of the biggest advances in birding since digital photography. I’ve been very impressed.
Darren Clark
Rexburg, ID
On Jun 29, 2021, at 6:48 PM, Elizabeth Medes <liz.medes@…> wrote:
Hello Idaho birders,
I am curious what everyone’s response is for those who have upgraded to Merlin’s sound ID. So far, I’ve been impressed; particularly when we are birding with multiple competing layers of sound, i.e. creek side, wind, water rushing by, always stiff competition for me. I’ve used Sound Sleuth and Birdnet but they are challenged to pull out song from certain conditions. With the warblers way up in the pine tops, or various thrushes hopping along the roaring creek, that makes it tough.
We birded upper Gem County early this a.m., and to watch the app locate and post birds one after another – well, that was unexpected. Once tipped off by the app, I found nesting American Dippers, which I couldn’t discern in all the racquet, also a Townsends Solitaire, and an unexpected wren, to my aged ear. When out of range of service, it will provide some odd ball guesses, but when I get home and listen again, I can see where it’s going. Very intuitive as an app, but also a major piece of science. Kudos to Cornell O Lab.
Who else has experience good/bad with it?
Liz Medes Emmett ID
Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
I am curious what everyone’s response is for those who have upgraded to Merlin’s sound ID. So far, I’ve been impressed; particularly when we are birding with multiple competing layers of sound, i.e. creek side, wind, water rushing by, always stiff competition for me. I’ve used Sound Sleuth and Birdnet but they are challenged to pull out song from certain conditions. With the warblers way up in the pine tops, or various thrushes hopping along the roaring creek, that makes it tough.
We birded upper Gem County early this a.m., and to watch the app locate and post birds one after another – well, that was unexpected. Once tipped off by the app, I found nesting American Dippers, which I couldn’t discern in all the racquet, also a Townsends Solitaire, and an unexpected wren, to my aged ear. When out of range of service, it will provide some odd ball guesses, but when I get home and listen again, I can see where it’s going. Very intuitive as an app, but also a major piece of science. Kudos to Cornell O Lab.
Alan this is a great sighting and record. I would also encourage you to post your records to eBird. That would also give you an easy way to upload and share photos and audio recordings for others to see and hear. One question about the coordinates you posted. Assuming those are: 43 degrees, 6 minutes, 32.7 seconds North and 115 degrees, 41 minutes, 42.5 seconds West they correspond to a subdivision in Mountain Home. Did I misinterpret the coordinates?
I happen to work for one of the Idaho BLM offices in Boise. On Monday, I can reach out to a few contacts and see if they would know whom you can send the cuckoo recording. As soon as I find out, I’ll let you know.
You might also submit the recordings to Cornell via eBird, if you have an account. Another avenue to explore is uploading your recording into BirdNet to see if it also identifies the recording as yellow-billed cuckoo. Lastly, you might try submitting the recording to US Fish and Wildlife Service and Idaho State Office of BLM since its a species of concern in this area. Unfortunately, I don’t have contact or website information for either USFWS or Idaho BLM.
You might also consider submitting a report to the Idaho
Bird Records Committee, especially if you have audio of the
bird.
Cliff
On 6/26/21 8:33 AM, M Gregory wrote:
I was exploring along Mud Flat
Rd. in Owyhee County on 22 June when I stopped at a riparian
zone of willows, cottonwoods, aspen and other shrubs
(chokecherry?) when I heard the repeated calls and notes of a
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. I never actually saw the bird, and tried
phishing with my mouth, but to no avail. I recorded the
vocalizations with my android mobile phone and later compared
them with those available through the Cornell Lab’s allaboutbirds.org
web site. Here are two pictures of the habitat.
I have twice tried to report
my observation through Idaho Fish and Game’s website, but the
site went down each time.
My coordinates for the site
are: N430632.7 and W1154142.5
Alan Gregory in Mountain Home
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Alan C Gregory
Lt. Col.,
USAF, Ret.
Mountain Home,
ID
Air Force
Public Affairs
Alumni
Association,
life member
Have you reported it to the Intermountain Bird Observatory crew at Boise State? They have had individuals involved with surveys on these birds.
On Jun 26, 2021, at 8:33 AM, M Gregory <alanclarkg@…> wrote:
I was exploring along Mud Flat Rd. in Owyhee County on 22 June when I stopped at a riparian zone of willows, cottonwoods, aspen and other shrubs (chokecherry?) when I heard the repeated calls and notes of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. I never actually saw the bird, and tried phishing with my mouth, but to no avail. I recorded the vocalizations with my android mobile phone and later compared them with those available through the Cornell Lab’s allaboutbirds.org web site. Here are two pictures of the habitat.
I have twice tried to report my observation through Idaho Fish and Game’s website, but the site went down each time.
My coordinates for the site are: N430632.7 and W1154142.5
Alan Gregory in Mountain Home
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Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member
Member, North American Butterfly Association
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Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
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Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member
Member, North American Butterfly Association
Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
While on Mud Flat Road in Owyhee County on 22 June, I came across six Turkey Vultures picking at the carcass of a dead cow in a badly degraded riparian zone. I just missed getting a pic of the scavengers at their food, but did get some nice shots of them. You can see three of them perched on rocks in one of these photos.
Alan Gregory in Mountain Home
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Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member
