What Bird?
Oct 1, 2019 01:56:08 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Taken at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. Is there anything like Merlin for the PC? I was unsuccessful in my searches.
Oct 1, 2019 03:45:09 #
Cornell would do the photographic community a great service by offering a PC/Mac version of Merlin. We’re the ones that don’t get around to identifying the bird until we process the image (“shoot first and ask questions later”). I find that I have to take an iPhone picture of my monitor screen to get a photo ID from Merlin, which is nuts.
Oct 1, 2019 04:50:49 #
TheShoe wrote:
Taken at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. Is there anything like Merlin for the PC? I was unsuccessful in my searches.
I did a little searching, it is not one of the most common birds of the area. Hard to tell with out knowing size of the bird. Might it be a Gray Jay (AKA Canada Jay)?
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Oct 1, 2019 08:48:51 #
Oct 1, 2019 13:16:19 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
MrBumps2U wrote:
Cornell would do the photographic community a great service by offering a PC/Mac version of Merlin. We’re the ones that don’t get around to identifying the bird until we process the image (“shoot first and ask questions later”). I find that I have to take an iPhone picture of my monitor screen to get a photo ID from Merlin, which is nuts.
How true. I do not have a cell phone, so I can't even use your method. I have enough trouble with a full size keyboard and also a hand-set of a land line.
Oct 1, 2019 13:21:10 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
lamiaceae wrote:
I did a little searching, it is not one of the most common birds of the area. Hard to tell with out knowing size of the bird. Might it be a Gray Jay (AKA Canada Jay)?
Thanks, I think you have found the correct answer. There were a few of them in the area and none would sit still for more than a few seconds.
Oct 1, 2019 13:31:51 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Bob Mevis wrote:
Very nice shots.
Thanks, but I can only take credit (or blame) for the pic in the OP. It is a heavily cropped grab shot. The birds would not sit still for more than a few seconds.
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