Latest posts tagged with #TenMinMerlin on Bluesky
Merlin sound ID list 1/2: White-crowned Sparrow Canada Goose Brewer’s Blackbird California Scrub-Jay Cedar Waxwing Northern Mockingbird Lesser Goldfinch
Merlin sound ID list 2/2: House Finch American Goldfinch American Crow American Robin Yellow-rumped Warbler Black Phoebe
Just getting around to posting this morning‘s #TenMinMerlin in Yolo County, CA. No surprises.
If you're also doing #TenMinMerlin and want to make your own graphs in R, I have an instruction document for that, intended for folks who have never used the software before. It's in this folder with templates for data-storage spreadsheets and an R script: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
A little over two weeks into this year's #TenMinMerlin
Up to 18 species in my little urban yard, still missing at least one regular year-round neighbor (White-breasted Nuthatch) that just won't vocalize.
Last year I had 21 species by this point, of 53 total by 1 June!
Inspired by @skwinnicki.bsky.social, I tried #TenMinMerlin just now. I put my phone by the open window and Merlin identified all these birds!
Northern Cardinal, White-throated Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker
3//16/26 Only the loudest picked up today 😉 24 degrees, heavy winds, and snow flurries. #TenMinMerlin 🪶
Cold and windy today (the “feels like” temperature is 50 degrees F colder than yesterday, went from shorts weather to “chance of snow” weather)
Lots of birds in the yard for #TenMinMerlin but they’re quiet, with the exception of my usual messy House Sparrow and cardinal neighbors, always bickering
#TenMinMerlin Pacifica, CA (continued)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
American Crow
Black Phoebe
Northern Flicker
Purple Finch
Wrentit
2/2
A screenshot showing 10 birds detected by Merlin in Pacifica, CA: House Finch Lesser Goldfinch Common Raven California Towhee Anna's Hummingbird Dark-eyed Junco Song Sparrow Bushtit Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-rumped Warbler
A screenshot showing 9 birds detected by Merlin in Pacifica, CA: Chestnut-backed Chickadee Bewick's Wren American Robin Spotted Towhee American Crow Black Phoebe Northern Flicker Purple Finch Wrentit
🧵 #TenMinMerlin Pacifica, CA
16 Mar '26 (14:08)
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Common Raven
California Towhee
Anna's Hummingbird
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
Bushtit
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
1/2
#TenMinMerlin 3-16-26 Jax. Northern Parula, Cedar Waxwing, Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Canada Goose, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Bluebird, Robin, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-winged Blackbird, American Crow, Blue Jay, Common Yellowthroat, Brown Thrasher. Didn't hear the last 2
#TenMinMerlin
The Robin takes first and last match 🏆🏆 🤠
Song Thrush was outside the 10 minute mark. The birds I truly see regularly are Robin, Great Tit, Wren, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff Magpie, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw.
8 species for today's #TenMinMerlin took a bit to pick up the Red-bellied but was interesting
Birds detected by the Cornell Merlin app on my walk in NE MS today
Birds detected by the Cornell Merlin app on my walk in NE MS today
Birds detected by the Cornell Merlin app on my walk in NE MS today
#tenminmerlin in NE MS today
#TenMinMerlin southwest Edmonton, AB, Canada
- black billed magpies (our backyard nest of corvids)
- house sparrows
We also heard the neighborhood ravens gronking earlier; crows aren't back yet, so they're in expanded winter range. And a bluejay yelling.
Current weather: sunny, -4C, snow on ground
Although I say “leave your phone running your #TenMinMerlin as you get ready in the morning” I typically watch the yard as it runs. Didn’t today (running late) so I’m confused— call sounds good for a grackle but I rarely see them here.
Cooper’s Hawk and flicker are new, nuthatch is a lie.
I am looking forward to participating in #TenMinMerlin when my creek quits being so dang loud. Don’t want a low creek in the winter, so it’s a reasonable trade off.
#TenMinMerlin Pacifica, CA (continued)
Dark-eyed Junco
Violet-green Swallow
California Towhee
American Robin
Anna's Hummingbird
Lesser Goldfinch
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Tropical Kingbird
2/2
A screenshot showing 10 birds detected by Merlin in Pacifica, CA: Song Sparrow House Finch Bushtit American Crow Yellow-rumped Warbler Spotted Towhee Cedar Waxing Purple Finch Wrentit Hermit Thrush
A screenshot showing 9 birds detected by Merlin in Pacifica, CA: Dark-eyed Junco Violet-green Swallow California Towhee American Robin Anna's Hummingbird Lesser Goldfinch Chestnut-backed Chickadee Ruby-crowned Kinglet Tropical Kingbird
🧵 #TenMinMerlin Pacfica, CA
15 Mar '26 (15:52)
The new Merlin version lets more birds be in one screenshot
Song Sparrow
House Finch
Bushtit
American Crow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Cedar Waxing
Purple Finch
Wrentit
Hermit Thrush
1/2
Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Chickadee, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Song Sparrow
Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Towhee, European Starling, White-throated Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Flicker
3/14/26 Gorgeous day #TenMinMerlin 🪶🥧
Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-throated Sparrow, American Goldfinch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Flicker, House Finch, Brown-headed Cowbird, Mourning Dove, Killdeer, White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse
3/15/26 60 degree temps and blustery as the front that's bringing snow moves in. #TenMinMerlin 🪶
#TenMinMerlin (all suggestions occurred within the ten minutes)
Great tit takes the 🏆 Was also the first in the recording 🤠
All regular suggestions. Stock Dove extremely feint; I'd guess mis-identification of a Common Wood pigeon (which are numerous).
Merlin sound ID list (partial, due to operator error): American Kestrel (simulation by the…) Northern Mockingbird House Sparrow Black Phoebe American Goldfinch Spotted Towhee Dark-eyed Junco Orange-crowned Warbler Lesser Goldfinch
#TenMinMerlin from the UC Davis Arboretum this afternoon. Because if one chooses to go into the lab on a beautiful spring Saturday, making the most of a break helps. The mockingbird made the kestrel call!
A screen shot from the Merlin app, showing stock photos of the following birds: Yellow-rumped Warber Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Crow Dark-eyed Junco Bushtit Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-winged Blackbird American Robin House Finch Song Sparrow
Screenshop from the Merlin app showing stock photos of the following birds: Eurasian Collared-Dove (They are bullies and frighten the mourning doves) Northern Flicker Bewick's Wren House Sparrow California Scrub-Jay Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch Anna's Hummingbird Evening Grosbeak (not very common here, and I usually only hear them at this time of year. I think they prefer to nest at slightly higher elevations.) Common Raven
Today's #TenMinMerlin. Mild and sunny after 3 straight days of rain and wind. The Kingfisher and downy woodpecker chimed in right after I stopped recording.
My #TenMinMerlin results have been suspiciously accurate, had me wondering if they’d improved the algorithm.
But today Merlin called the starlings a blackbird and grackle, and somehow called some cardinals a Song Sparrow and a butterbutt.
So that’s 4/12 wrong, going for “Cs get degrees” I guess
#TenMinMerlin Pacifica, CA (continued)
Bewick's Wren
European Starling
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Spotted Towhee
Purple Finch
Common Raven
Hutton's Vireo
California Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Black Phoebe
Orange-crowned Warbler
2/2
A screenshot showing 7 birds detected by Merlin in Pacifica, CA: House Finch Song Sparrow Hairy Woodpecker Bushtit Red-winged Blackbird House Sparrow Hermit Thrush
A screenshot showing 7 birds detected by Merlin in Pacifica, CA: Pygmy Nuthatch Lesser Goldfinch Eurasian Collared Dove American Crow Anna's Hummingbird American Robin Yellow-rumped Warbler
A screenshot showing 7 birds detected by Merlin in Pacifica, CA: Bewick's Wren European Starling Golden-crowned Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch Chestnut-backed Chickadee Spotted Towhee
A screenshot showing 7 birds detected by Merlin in Pacifica, CA: Purple Finch Common Raven Hutton's Vireo California Towhee Dark-eyed Junco Black Phoebe Orange-crowned Warbler
🧵 #TenMinMerlin Pacifica, CA
14 Mar '26 (17:00)
House Finch
Song Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker
Bushtit
Red-winged Blackbird
House Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Pygmy Nuthatch
Lesser Goldfinch
Eurasian Collared Dove
American Crow
Anna's Hummingbird
American Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler
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