I recently got Merlin Bird ID because it piqued my interest and it has not picked up any birds. I downloaded the necessary data packs, made an account, gave it microphone permissions and I use it when bird calls are near and yet it's just not picking up any calls. How do I fix this?
I just recently got into birding and use Merlin to train my recognition of bird sounds. I am currently visiting Madeira. Was hoping to be able to hear some new birds, but the app is only picking up birds that I have at home.
It's a bit hard to explain, but I'll record lots of different sounds in a forest area but it can only hear the common blackbird and the Eurasian blackcap, which are birds which live close to my home in Norway. I very clearly recorded a Madeira Chaffinch, right next to me, but it was not able to identify it. What gives!? Something with the Internet or storage? I have mobile data here.
I recently got a new phone. In trying to log into the Merlin app on the new phone, I keep getting stuck in a loop where it seems my account doesn't exist. I have screenshots from my old phone with my account username and my lifelist data from the last 6 years. I don't want to lose my life list data!
Initially, when I put in my email to log in as prompted on the app, I got confirmation email and it had me set up like it was a brand new account, with the lifelist blank. I tried this with all 4 of my emails desperately trying to recover my account. Same thing. It acted like it was a brand new account with blank life lists. When I try to log into eBird I say forgot password, then it says it sent me an email to recover and I don't get any emails, including my junk mail. If I say forgot username and it says none of my emails have an account.
How do I have an account with a username, but no email? How can save and transfer my lifelist to my eBird and to my new Merlin app?
Merlin takes forever to recognize the Gray Catbirds near me, minutes sometimes, and sometimes not at all. Their song is so incredibly varried! I see that they sometimes mimic other birds. Could they possibly mimic other things? The one I'm hearing today sounds like it has a squeaky toy in its repertoire!
Hi all,
After using Merlin just fine for about a year, the bird ID function/flow is changed for me (I did not change any settings etc in the app).
I go to merlin > photo id > choose photo > identify > this is my bird > 'start checklist'
Previously, i would just identify, it would log the bird and location and catalog on my list. Now I only have the option to start a checklist. Which i really don't want to do just to log a bird that visits my outdoor feeder.
Has anyone encountered this before and found a solution. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Anybody else do impressions of birds to try and fool Merlin? Any successes? I'm beginning to think I might just be human.
I saw this bird while golfing in Newport Beach, CA. Finch type beak with very long tail feathers. Seems like it might be a lost pet and not something that would be in the area but Google lens could not identify. Looking for ID!