I've used Merlin for a while and I'm still impressed by Merlin's sound identification, it continues to inspire me.
replyI wrote about it last year: https://digitalseams.com/blog/what-birdsong-and-backends-can...
The sound and visual recognition around a lot of things is pretty impressive and I imagine it will work its way into less obstrusive AR in a lot of ways over time.
replyWow. I just tried it and it worked like magic. Thanks for mentioning that.
replyAnd their eBird app! A masterpiece of design for a user base that they deeply understand. Something of a learning curve, but extremely efficient and useful for advanced / expert users.
replyDoes it make sense that Merlin and eBird are separate apps? This confuses me.
replyYeah - for sure I found it a bit strange... I guess the use cases (and maybe target users) are different:
replyMerlin - Use lots of data, storage, and analysis to help me identify what bird this is eBird - I can personally identify lots and lots of birds: keep track of all the ones that I and other have seen with maximum speed and efficiency
Highly highly recommend. I use it at least once a week and have done so for several years. My daughter loves scrolling through all the local birds and playing the sounds they make.
replyIt's Pokemon for old people, I love it and use it at least once a day. Personal best for a dog walk - 23 different birds, personal best for sitting in the garden drinking my morning coffee - 17 birds.
replyMy family got a little tired of me using it on holiday in Portugal, but in my defence there were a lot of new birds I needed to add to my collection.
Nice! I haven't tried Merlin, but I been meaning to set it up in the yard.
replyI've been using Seek on my phone, which is part of inatural. Similar thing, but pictures and most life, not just birds. That is totally Pokemon for non-pokemon peeps.. gotta bust out my phone every time I find something I haven't 'caught' yet.