A captured merlin is held near Lake Michigan on June 27 near Glen Arbor, Mich., where it will be fitted with a leg band and tracking device. The mission will enhance knowledge of a species still ...

Great Backyard Bird Count Events slated in Michigan this weekend include: Friday, Feb. 14, at DeVries Nature Conservancy , 2635 N. Michigan 52, Owosso. Guided hike from 4 to 5 p.m.

Merlin's Sound ID can identify 1,054 bird species. It's based on the Macaulay Library , which contains 2 million recorded bird songs from around the world that are then annotated by a team of bird ...

ESCANABA, MI – Get your binoculars ready. This “eBird hotspot” is the site of an upcoming guided birding tour. On the shores of Lake Michigan, Portage Marsh State Wildlife Area includes a ...

Great Backyard Bird Count Events slated in Michigan this weekend include: Friday, Feb. 14, at DeVries Nature Conservancy , 2635 N. Michigan 52, Owosso. Guided hike from 4 to 5 p.m.

Merlin was on the job at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park one recent day, helping birders identify bird songs. Not Merlin the storied magician, although what was happening could be ...

I first discovered Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology earlier this summer, when I was trying to figure out the identity of a particular bird of prey in my neighborhood. After looking at ...

Merlin Bird ID makes birding a breeze by identifying species from users’ recordings of their song. It draws from a vast scientific archive.

If Merlin tells me that among the loud morning chorus, it detects a blue-gray gnatcatcher that I don’t hear at first, I am eventually able to track down and observe the bird. When I hear a bird song I ...