Birding and bird ID come hand in hand, but for some beginners, it can be tricky to learn differences between bird species. This Merlin bird ID app can help.

That all changed when I downloaded the Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I originally added it to my phone to try to identify a bird I’d actually managed to see (a Steller ...

Click, click, click. Picture review. Thumbs up in my direction. He had opened the Merlin Bird ID app by Cornell to pinpoint the specific bird that he knew was in the vicinity, and had found what ...

A spiffy new discovery in your inbox every Wednesday! The app you need is called Merlin Bird ID , and it’s created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. It’s ...

For beginner tips, The Times spoke with Alli Smith, the project coordinator for Merlin — a bird-identification app created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology — about learning to bird ...

The hugely popular Merlin Bird ID app has outgrown its nest and spread it wings to now enable the identification of more than 10,300 species around the globe. “The original idea for Merlin was ...

Is that a bufflehead? A coot? Maybe a loon? Get close enough to take a picture and the Merlin bird identification app will tell you in seconds — sort of like a Shazam for would-be ornithologists.

Two apps were recommended as essential: eBird and the Merlin Bird ID. Both apps are associated with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Merlin has a cost, but a free trial period. Meanwhile ...