Date: 4/27/24 9:42 am From: cynthia burkhart <000000990b36e23b-dmarc-request...> Subject: Merlin
So…if you are birding without Merlin, hasn’t it been common to report birds heard but not seen, usually with a note of “Heard only”? How is that any different from reporting birds heard repeatedly by Merlin, but not seen, if they are birds one would expect in your area at that time?
I cannot hear any birds due to auditory nerve deafness, except for the cooing of the mourning dove and the drumming of woodpeckers. Standing on my front porch, the world is silent. But setting my iPad on the front porch railing and letting Merlin listen for 5-10 minutes, I discover the birds that are singing, but not seen. I have reported some of these on ebird marked with an “x”, along with a note “ heard by Merlin”.
Cynthia Burkhart
Ritchie County
