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Title: New phone app (free)
Post by: Ron on June 21, 2019, 01:24:31 PM

BirdNET

Free app from the Cornell lab of ornithology.

You can record the bird(s) you hear, it will analyze and tell you what bird it is and provide a wiki link to it’s discription.

I’m enjoying it just around the house.

Should be a fun addition to my local hikes.

Title: Re: New phone app (free)
Post by: griz on June 21, 2019, 01:56:42 PM

My wife just got that and really likes it.  It IDed several of our mystery birds and as a reality check, she used it on the new cat toy that tweets when batted around.  It sounds real enough to capture the cats attention, but the app didn't take the bait.

Title: Re: New phone app (free)
Post by: Ben on June 21, 2019, 02:07:06 PM

Thanks! I'm still trying to learn the birds here, and there's a lot. Should come in handy. :)

Title: Re: New phone app (free)
Post by: Devonai on June 21, 2019, 05:02:47 PM

I could have used that when I had a pileated woodpecker outside my place every morning.  I hit up Wikipedia looking for birds common in Connecticut, then watched Youtube videos until I found the little ******.  Couldn't do anything about it but at least I knew which species to curse out.