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Merlin (Bird ID) should rebrand to Shazam for Birds or something to that effect, becuase thats what it is. It always blows ppls minds, and they always say somet
by w-ll 2y ago
Merlin (Bird ID) should rebrand to Shazam for Birds or something to that effect, becuase thats what it is. It always blows ppls minds, and they always say something to that effect about the name.
It runs locally so make sure you install and download over wifi (bird models for west coast about about 800mb last I checked.
https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
- rkagerer 2y agoI love how this works completely offline. Could this blast from the past idea be the future of software please?
- demondemidi 2y agoTweeter
- rumpope 2y agoIt feels even more impressive to me because it's always used outside and picks up multiple birds easily. Our current record is 14, and we live near a busy road.
- pcthrowaway 2y agoMerlin should obviously be called "XKCD 1425"[1] rather than "Shazam for Birds" if they're intent on renaming to something less distinctive [1]: https://xkcd.com/1425/ https://xkcd.com/1425/