Date: 8/9/25 2:38 pm From: Steve Loitz via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Merlin ID question
Merlin suggests uploading the erroneous voice recording to eBird with the
correct species ID, where it can be used by Merlin to improve its voice ID
accuracy. I have never done that. Maybe others can supplement and/or
clarify.
I am amused by some of the false Merlin voice IDs. My favorite was a
Yellow-breasted Chat ID'd as a Bobolink. Merlin seems wholly incapable of
distinguishing between the breeding populations of Cassin's Finch and
Purple Finch calls in our area (Ellensburg and environs). On several
occasions I've watched a CAFI singing on a treetop as Merlin flashes PUFI
for the voice ID -- and vice versa.
Merlin seems to have gotten better on some other species. Merlin voice ID
is a work in progress.
Steve Loitz
Ellensburg
On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM Tom and Carol Stoner via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> Hey, Tweets, is there a way to correct Merlin's sound ID? I'm listening
> to a bird "sing softly to itself" deep in my shrubbery. Merlin ID-ed it as
> a BC Chickadee and then as a House Finch. My visual is a Song Sparrow.
> I've heard this bird (or bird song) before (last year) and this song is
> always performed deep in a hedge. So how do I correct Merlin's
> misidentification?
>
> Carol Stoner
> West Seattle
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