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New bird in/near the garden
Screenshot from Merlin BirdID Eurasian Nuthatch • Life List • Uncommon Classic nuthatch, with a long pointed bill, short tail, and black mask; color of underparts varies across range, from peachy-buff to snow-white and orangish. Usually seen as singles or pairs, hitching along trunks and larger branches in deciduous and mixed woodlands and gardens, or visiting bird feeders. Acts a bit like a mini-woodpecker, but does not use its tail for support and sometimes goes downwards head-first.
January 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
stateofbaseball.bsky.social
According to Merlin birdID this is a greater sage grouse
A greater sage grouse Erin Andrew’s in a big coat
January 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM
alisonborealis.bsky.social
friends!
I need #birdID help. The balcony had a surprise visitor today who disrupted everyone.
(There was a terrified sparrow uproar and a *thunk*)

My initial thought was sharp-shinned hawk, but it never showed its front, and those cheek streaks say merlin to me.
#birds help?
A view of the back and fanned tail and wings of this small raptor, somewhere in size between a robin and magpie. It has a curved fanned tail with black and white stripe bands, a dark grey back, and the dark and white stripe/spotted wings I associate with hawks. It is stuck on my balcony in the snow under the BBQ, trying to get out through the glass. A side view, wings are closed, tail still fanned, wing shoulders raised to project a broad grey back (it didn't like me watching). Its head and face are brown with white streaks. Top of head and nape are brown, there are brown streaks extending down off the sides of the beak like classic falcon faces, between streaky white cheeks and a white chin. A little bit of a white eyebrow. The raptor trying another route out, climbing the snow and piled yogurt tub planters in the corner of the glass balcony (the spruce tree is very visible beyond the glass, much to the bird's frustration). The yogurt tubs are 12cm (4.5 inches) tall. The bird's body is maybe as tall or slightly shorter than one tub. Wings are open, dark with speckles beyond the grey expanse of back and shoulders. A very frustrated raptor, perched again on the packed snow under the bbq on my balcony. Its head and nape are brown, tiny white eyebrow/supercilium, streaky white leading into brown cheeks, a brown streak down from the mouth corner like a classic falcon, white chin and hints that the breast is streaky brown-white but impossible to see beyond those frustrated grey shoulders. Tail fanned and slightly curvy. The radiating white spots amidst dark bands are very visible in the one partially-opened wing.
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
billpaquin.bsky.social
So I did not list this guy today. It screams adult female shoveler to me with that long bill. Merlin and iNaturalist disagreed with me. Anyone care to comment? #birdID #birding #birdphotography
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
damnedsnob.bsky.social
Ich liebe alles daran! Ich glaube ich muss morgen mit einem Fernglas und Merlin BirdID auf den Friedhof.

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September 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
bajmihal.bsky.social
Те са много териториални и е вероятно да ги намериш на същото място или наблизо. Инсталирай си Merlin BirdID. Познава отлично всички видове само по звук. А къде по-точно е, коя река? Може да се разходя натам някой път.
September 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
bird-walks.bsky.social
the bird that makes you doubt Merlin BirdID until you see its instantly recognizable mate nearby!

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female red-winged blackbirds #birds #redwingblackbirds #nature
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July 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
gregdoucette.bsky.social
Here's a short clip of a gray catbird song from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Merlin BirdID app (which is the best app around for identifying birds!)

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July 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
vladimirmorrigan.bsky.social
That's like the first bird I say today, merlin-
#MerlinBirdlD #birdid #soundID #birds #bird #Mimidae #Passerines #songbird #Mimidae #Passeriformes #MimusPolyglottos #Mockingbird #NorthernMockingbird
July 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
stp1307.bsky.social
Mexiko Urlaub und die Merlin BirdID App
June 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
benvrackiebeasties.bsky.social
Blackbirds singing the length of the path(cropped from here,) and curlew picked up by the Merlin app at the top of the path out on the moorland…I still haven’t heard it myself! #Merlin-birdID
A list, with photos,) of some of the birds picked up by the Merlin app on Ben Vrackie yesterday….Willie warbler and redpoll another pair I don’t think I’ve ever spotted.. Feisty wren in evidence from one end of path to other.)
June 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
loopybaloo.bsky.social
The Merlin bird ID app is definitely awesome! #BirdID #GardenWatch
thisone0verhere.bsky.social Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Jun 10
One day you’re young and fun then next thing you know you’re downloading an app that identifies what birds are nearby just by listening to them and man this app is awesome
June 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
fugu3001.bsky.social
ok, pouzil som 3D tlaciaren, aby som vytlacil “vabnicku” na kukucky, aby som mohol “zmiast” Merlin BirdID app (merlin.allaboutbirds.org), a citim isty pocit zadostucinenia 🤪 #fab #theperipheral

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June 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
wolfsilveroak.bsky.social
Do you have the Merlin BirdID app?

It's amazing. Highly recommend.
May 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
destinytoro.com
Merlin isn’t able to ID this one and I don’t think I’ve heard/ID’d it before. Any suggestions from my Boricua and/or bird ID friends? I’m in Central Puerto Rico.

#BirdID
May 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
discoverthewild.bsky.social
Tested out a bunch of nature ID apps — Merlin, PlantNet, Seek, ObsIdentify, Flora Incognita, Echo Meter Touch, & even Google Lens.

Can they really ID birds, plants, or bat calls accurately?
I put them all to the test in my latest video.

youtu.be/84kpgJYCjS0

#NatureApps #WildlifeID #BirdID
ARE NATURE APPS ANY GOOD? | A Real World Test | Discover the Wild
YouTube video by Discover the Wild
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May 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
sasquatchgotch.bsky.social
The merlin bird app is more fun than should be posssible with pants on. Birds! #birds #birdid #bioacousticfun
Photo of white-crowned sparrow on dry spring ground. This bird is small and pretty and has some kind of seed in its beak. Taken in the Yukon, Canada. This is a screenshot of the birds that the merlin bird ID app identified near where I live. On the list you can see short-billed gull, american robin, redpoll, white-crowned sparrow, dark-eyed junco, and pine siskin.
May 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
pandammonium.bsky.social
I heard my bird of the day in Merlin Bird: a great tit!

#birds #birdsong #birdId
A screenshot from Merlin Bird showing a photo of a great tit overlaid with an announcement saying ‘You found your bird of the day! Come back tomorrow for another bird’.
May 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
wolfsilveroak.bsky.social
Not having a good angle is always a possibility.

I've found that more often than not, the Merlin BirdID app tends to be correct, even if it takes a few tries.
May 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
wolfsilveroak.bsky.social
Merlin BirdID still says it's a Common Chaffinch, female.

I think you need a bird book for birds of Ireland. 😆
May 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
markussch.bsky.social
Merlin BirdID, beste App ever! Hab ich auch vor kurzem entdeckt 🥰
nataschastrobl.bsky.social Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · May 3
Es ist so wunderbar, bisschen draußen sitzen und das ist meine Umgebung
Vögel, die ich gehört hab Bienenfresser Stieglitz Kuckuck nebelkröhe Sperling
May 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
derarnold.bsky.social
Hier mal ein Beispiel. Der Vogel wird 1a als Rostgans erkannt.
Bild von einem Tümpel auf dem zwei Vögel schwimmen. Screenshot aus der Merlin BirdID app, zur Vogelbestimmung. Ausgewählt ist ein Ausschnitt mit einem braunen Vogel auf einem See.
April 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ropla.bsky.social
Die App Merlin BirdID nutze ich auch gerne! Aber einen Bienenfresser hatte ich auch noch nicht, jedoch kürzlich einen Waldkauz ( und das am Rand einer Großstadt)
April 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
hollerlife.bsky.social
I enjoyed a front-row seat to Nature's Symphone this morning! I used CornellLab's free "Merlin Bird ID" app (merlin.allaboutbirds.org) to identify who's sining (highlighed) in real time! Check it out and get your Birding On!

#MerlinBirdID #BirdWatching #BirdID #Nature #Birding #AppRecommendation
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Bird ID Wizard—Step-by-step Answer three simple questions about a bird you are trying to identify and Merlin will give you a list of possible matches. Merlin offers quick identification help for all levels of bird watchers and outdoor enthusiasts to help you learn about the birds in any country i
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April 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
leafesprout.bsky.social
One minute im living my best life, the next… my entire merlin birdID recordings are GONE 💔

Nearly 500 recordings over the past 2-3 yrs ☹️💔
April 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM