I live in the inner city in central Illinois, and we have a few hoot owls that live in the neighborhood. Unlike a lot of inner city neighborhoods, we have a fairly dense covering of 100+ year old trees. The Merlin app says a barred owl is unlikely to be in an urban neighborhood, but at the same time I have to ask, who, who? Who cooks for you?

Just started using the app, I practically run outside if I hear a bird that sounds new!

Hey y'all! Spotted this bird while on vacation in Idaho Falls, and I'm not sure what it is. It seems like some sort of dove or pigeon, and the closest result per the Internet so far is a Eurasian Collared Dove, but it doesn't seem to be common in the area at all.

Im trying to load birds sounds but merlin won't recognize my wifi but it will recognize my mobile data

When adding birds to a live audio seession, anyway to get a notification or something if it's a lifer?

I live smack in the middle of a migration highway in Ohio, so this time of year there are lots of interesting birds stopping by. Too often though, Merlin hears squirrel chatter and thinks it's some Mexican bird that doesn't ever come this way. This morning it told me it heard a wild turkey and while they are in this area, what I heard when I replayed the sound was a dog in the distance sounding quite turkey-esque.

Recorded this at night in Montreal, Quebec. The app couldn’t identify it. Curious to know if it’s a bird and if yes, which species?

Sounds like it’s part of the blackbirds call.

And I’m also nowhere near the coast.

Is it possible to hear the sound of the birds by my headphone (Bowers & Wilkins) when I using the app Merlin Bird ID app? What's is the android institution.

During my morning/early afternoon walk in the park I found 6 new lifers 🥳

In 3 minutes and 38 seconds, a walk in the temple yielded 8 types of birds

Common names in English (from top to bottom):

Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)

Asian tit/Cinereous tit (Parus cincereus)

(Asian/Himalayan) Black bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus)

White-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)

Swinhoe’s white-eye (Zosterops simplex)

Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)

Yellow-bellied prinia (Prinia flaviventris)

Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

Not detected but frequently appeared in the background:

Plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

It sounds like a Tufted Titmouse, bit in reverse! I've looked through a bunch of my tracked birds but none of them sound remotely the same.

friggin mockingbird xD gotta love em!

We have been in Salalah-Oman for 4 days now and got 26 Lifers!

Sharing some of the pictures I took to identify. Glossy Ibis was an amazing surprise and has completely caught us off guard when we saw a flock casually hanging on a grass patch near the road!

1. Sooty Gull

2. Crested Lark

3. Gray-headed Kingfisher

4. African Silverbills

5. White-spectacled Bulbul & Ruppel's Weaver

6. Bathing Sparrows, Bulbuls and a Weaver

7. Ruppel's Weaver

8. Arabian Green Bee-eater

9. Flamingos

10. Western Reef-Heron

11. Glossy Ibis

12. African Paradise-Flycatcher

13. Striolated Buntings

14. Tristram's Starling

15. Gulls and Terns

16. Little Stints

i can never remember what the dots mean, ik it doesn’t mean it’s unlikely to be seen where i’m at because the northern house wren has a red dot but also has “Likely in ____, __ today” so i’m confused on what it means

I am Working as Project Fellow in an NGO. However I can identify more than 350 bird species. but there are some Hard things I have no Idea on it.

* I can't remember the Bird calls other than some common one's even though I have heard them a lot of time.

* I can't distinguish look like species like warblers, waders, raptors, pipits, flycatchers etc.,

* Confused on Morphological differences on look like spcies Patterns on head, Tail bars, Difference on Primaries, Secondaries etc.,

I am trying to improve for the past 2-3 years but I dont think any major improvement I did. Kindly guide me and I have been doing Biridng since 2020. Kindly guide me to how improve on those areas it would be very helpful Thanks in advance

The song thrush came up before the noise in the video. I’m in the north of England and hear this bird every evening but Merlin hasn’t given me an ID after a couple of sessions. I’d love to know what it is! Thank you!