Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to the free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, you'll never have to guess at the source of a birdsong ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

You’re walking in a natural area, and you see a little bird flitting around in the underbrush. You wonder what type of bird it is, but as you get closer, it flies off. You hear it calling from the ...

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(CORNELL) — It’s an almost universal feeling: the thrill of hearing a mysterious new bird song. And it’s usually followed up by the question, “What was that bird?” Schoharie County Eagle Trail is a ...

I’m not a bird watcher, but I’ve become a bird listener ever since downloading a bionic ear app to my phone. It lets me enter a different world, one where I’m surrounded not just by chirping but by ...

The joyful sounds of spring bird song fill the air—but do you know who is singing? You can instantly identify birds by sound with the free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Its ...

Merlin was on the job at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park one recent day, helping birders identify bird songs. Not Merlin the storied magician, although what was happening could be ...

So, it’s not the sound itself, but rather the picture of the sound computers work with. The accuracy of the process is continually improved by experts at Cornell. Of course, having Merlin tell you ...

I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

Springtime and the world in early May is alive with birdsong before sunrise: to some, a discordant cacophony, to others, a heavenly, harmonious chorus. Gone are the days when you just grabbed your ...

Not long ago while we’re birding at Pleasant Valley, my friend, Barbara, slips out her iPhone from her pocket, taps on her Merlin Sound ID app and begins to record the bird sound around us. The app ...