{"id":74831,"date":"2026-09-28T03:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=74831"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T03:07:08","slug":"bird-identification-via-merlin-bird-id-app-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/bird-identification-via-merlin-bird-id-app-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Identification via Merlin Bird ID App Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bird Identification via Merlin Bird ID App Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

Here, in Australia, a study of the the Wallace Line<\/a> explains a lot why we have a proliferation of birds. The Bird Quiz Peerage Tutorial<\/a> below is inspired by the birds my sister sees up in south-eastern Queensland, for instance.<\/p>\n

We’re hearing the “ornithology thing” is catching on with the younger crowd here in Australia, too, which is encouraging, because it is “Citizen Science” that might help push things along ecologically, in the right direction, as far as educating us all, we’re thinking.<\/p>\n

A great mobile app we’ve come across, in this regard, is the …<\/p>\n


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… app (we’re accessing on an iPhone) by Cornell Lab<\/a>. We’ve been using it our way to identify birds via their birds calls, though the app admits to only knowing 66% of them … but budding “Citizen Scientists” are informed on the app about how they can help improve that figure. Anyway, today’s animated GIF presentation<\/a> gives a feel for some of this.<\/p>\n

Did you know?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Fancy a fat bear?! Fancy voting about your favourite fat bear?!! <\/p>\n