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  1. LittleBitOfBreadNoCheese

    Did Merlin Bird ID really hear these in my garden?

    I have never had a foreign species alert whilst my correct location is showing. When it 'loses' it (throws it away) I can get anything even tanagers. It can come and go constantly.
  2. LittleBitOfBreadNoCheese

    Did Merlin Bird ID really hear these in my garden?

    Can you run this through bN? or both if you like. Former won't get this right for me. I do have the species within a few miles of me. https://www.british-birdsongs.uk/grasshopper-warbler/
  3. LittleBitOfBreadNoCheese

    Did Merlin Bird ID really hear these in my garden?

    Do you mean it reports them as something else or nothing at all? I have a bN problem with Grasshopper Warblers, it seems to not think its a bird at all even if I stand right next to one. The species shows up on the birdNet stats page so it must work for some people at least.
  4. LittleBitOfBreadNoCheese

    Did Merlin Bird ID really hear these in my garden?

    You can still use your own skills, just keep a list for what you saw/heard and a separate list for the automated IDs. But if I walk through a wood for two hours an AI can nail every audible call even if several are calling over each other, without bias. Up to the limits of its accuracy which are...
  5. LittleBitOfBreadNoCheese

    Did Merlin Bird ID really hear these in my garden?

    Not sure that Sound ID uses the bird packs - the sounds on those are just used within the explorer function. There is a separate Sound ID bird list under Settings - mine has 1054 many of which aren't in GB which is the only pack I have. eg Greater Roadrunner.
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