The Merlin app is great. I use the sound I.D. feature quite often

Thanks

I'm not sure. i was thinking it's a Great Blue Heron.

I believe so.

Thanks, I normally don't identify birds. There are too many "experts" out there. That certainly like to prove how knowledgeable they are. And really love to show how stupid the rest of us are.

I had previously posted this on the West Coast Hawk watch Facebook page and the consensus was that this is a Sharpie.