a friend of mine says he's learned how to bird by ear because he's lazy....... and like, yes, sure once you know all the bird songs by heart it's definitely easy, but GETTING there!!

I want to. but it sounds like so much work

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@soph_sol Merlin’s Sound ID feature is *such* a lifesaver in that regard — so much easier to learn when i can hear something out in the wild and then just pull out my phone and have it tell me exactly what i’m hearing

@Satsuma oh absolutely, but there are times when there are lots of bird sounds and it's hard to be sure which id goes with which sounds, and also there are times human ears are good enough to pick up a quiet but distinctive song over background noise but Merlin says it can't hear anything!

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