Our birdsong recordings will be used to help monitor bird populations ...

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 ...

Spring is here, and the air is full of birdsong. The Merlin Bird ID app tells you what type of birds you’re hearing … plus it’s quick, easy and free. With this software from the Cornell Lab of ...

The Merlin Bird Photo ID mobile app can identify hundreds of North American species it “sees” in photos and can now go anywhere its user goes. Credit: Robert Barker/University Photography The Merlin ...

We become desensitized to the common sounds around us—car alarms, chattering squirrels, the mechanical functions of modern living kicking on and off throughout the day. If you had asked me a week ago ...

Enter Merlin! It’s not the magician from the Legend of King Arthur, but it has a similar aura of magical power. Merlin Bird ID is a tool, honed by artificial intelligence, to diagnose the species of ...

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 ...