A new app called Merlin Bird ID from the Cornell lab of ornithology can help you ID birds with just five simple observations.

I first discovered Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology earlier this summer, when I was trying to figure out the identity of a particular bird of prey in my neighborhood. After looking at a ...

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The app you need is called Merlin Bird ID , and it’s created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. It’s completely free, and it can work both online and off.

Despite its brilliant plumage — jet-black wings on a crimson body — the songbird can be a hard one to spot in a forest ...

Merlin Bird ID was launched in 2014 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to help people identify the birds around them. Thanks to eBird, the world's largest database of bird sounds and photos based ...

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It's an app for identifying birds. I was just as surprised as you are. Merlin Bird ID was launched in 2014 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to help people identify the birds around them.