Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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snarfy•about 1 hour ago

If you haven't tried it their Merlin app is pretty fantastic.

bobbiechen•31 minutes ago

I've used Merlin for a while and I'm still impressed by Merlin's sound identification, it continues to inspire me.

I wrote about it last year: https://digitalseams.com/blog/what-birdsong-and-backends-can...

ghaff•11 minutes ago

The sound and visual recognition around a lot of things is pretty impressive and I imagine it will work its way into less obstrusive AR in a lot of ways over time.

drcongo•10 minutes ago

It's Pokemon for old people, I love it and use it at least once a day. Personal best for a dog walk - 23 different birds, personal best for sitting in the garden drinking my morning coffee - 17 birds.

My family got a little tired of me using it on holiday in Portugal, but in my defence there were a lot of new birds I needed to add to my collection.

adjejmxbdjdn•about 1 hour ago

It’s funny how they don’t include the most populous bird, the chicken. The cognitive dissonance is probably too strong.

BigTTYGothGF•13 minutes ago

Could you expand on what the dissonance is?

bwestergard•about 1 hour ago

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology studies wild birds.

ghaff•14 minutes ago

Well, yes, although the ag school at Cornell has plenty of domesticated animals on campus.

asibahi•18 minutes ago

I don’t understand this comment. Are you implying omitting the chicken is some sort of conspiracy?

techterrier•6 minutes ago

birds arent real

Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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