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Birders

TuxedoKat

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9. I wish there was an app

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:13 AM

Feb 2017

where you could record the bird call, then have an app identify it. I've had some good luck with one called BirdTunes (paid version). I've taught myself to identify quite a few birds that way. It's so gratifying to hear certain calls and know exactly what bird it is.

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Thank you to the gardeners who referred me to the Birders' Group! [View all] femmocrat Feb 2017 OP

I stand in the backyard & record birds with my phone. CrispyQ Feb 2017 #1

I wish there was an app TuxedoKat Feb 2017 #9

Cornell University has a pretty amazing app. herding cats Feb 2017 #13

Hmmm TuxedoKat Feb 2017 #14

I love it. herding cats Feb 2017 #15

Did you see TuxedoKat Feb 2017 #16

My wife was trained in ornithology when she went drray23 Feb 2017 #2

My sister was both a biologist and a musician. femmocrat Feb 2017 #3

Here is a video of a robin doing the 3 tweet call drray23 Feb 2017 #4

That's not it. (Plus that is a European robin.) femmocrat Feb 2017 #5

Can you record it with your cellphone if it comes back ? Nt. drray23 Feb 2017 #6

I'll try. femmocrat Feb 2017 #7

I have a Bird Tunes App TuxedoKat Feb 2017 #8

Go to Cornell's All About Birds site csziggy Feb 2017 #10

Thank you! femmocrat Feb 2017 #11

The Caw of the Wild TuxedoKat Feb 2017 #12

Tufted Titmouse? jpak Mar 2017 #17

That's it, I think! femmocrat Mar 2017 #18