Regards,
Duncan
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People under 50 when they see someone who doesn't have a phone superglued to their hand.
Once upon a time, many decades ago and in a different country, I used to be very good at identifying birds from their calls.
I completely lost that skill, though, and know I need to get back into it.
So I've been having a blast with an app called BirdNET, put together by a group from Cornell. It's free.
You open the app and hit "record", listen for a bird call, and watch the spectrogram. When you hear a good one, highlight the section of the spectrogram that includes the call and hit "analyze" - and abracadabra, like magic, the app tells you who you've been hearing.
It sounds complicated, but it's very quick and simple once you figure it out.
Highly recommended.
Regards,
Duncan
Audubon Society Recommends Removal Of Bird Feeders In Western Pa. As Mysterious Illness Kills Birds In Neighboring States
This is happening in multiple states.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
I’m going to try this. I got an email from the Cornell lab about a feature to download on the Merlin ID app for identifying by sound but every time I hit the button the record it says failed to start. I tried deleting the program and then reinstalling it again and it still didn’t work. Not sure if there’s something not quite right with the program or something I’m not doing right.
Thanks
Rick
Sandhill cranes off of my in-laws deck in Montana. There were 4 this morning. Loud suckers from 150 yards.
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
Mystery illness hasn't gotten here yet, but some lady called out the local Ace hardware on a town Facebook page for selling moldy bird seed because the manager refused to do anything about it, and she said she was going to call the HQ to complain, and some yo-yo called her a "Karen". It can be harmful or deadly to birds.
My parents' 2 doors down neighbor until recently fed the pigeons. Masses of them would roost on her roof, and cause a problem for every nearby neighbor. They would even roost on nearby street lights, pooping all over the photoelectric cell which tells the lights it's daytime. The lights would stay on all hours. The HOA of the "active adult community" finally threatened to fine her daily, if she continued feeding them. She finally got the message.
BTW: I recently told my Aunt Karen not to be a Karen.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
https://patch.com/rhode-island/crans...illness-ri-dem
Rhode Island is recommending the removal of bird feeders, though the illness has not yet reached New England.
I wonder if hummingbird feeders are proscribed?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
Some feeders have a moat around the hanger to keep out ants. I built one with a soda bottle.
Thankfully, I haven't heard anything about this illness up here in Ontario. Keep it below the border please. My birdfeeder and birdbath have brought me great joy during this past year in lockdown. I would hate to have to remove them.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Right. You have to clean the feeder and change the nectar every few days as markwoll pointed out.
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