cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/548613

I always take a walk around my office during lunch. Finally managed to see and also record a firecrest. Such a tiny but cool-looking bird!

  • mountainmycelium@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So cool! I always enjoy seeing birds from other parts of the world than I frequent.

    If I may add, politely, that you should be careful not to lean too heavily on the sound ID of merlin for accuracy. It’s good, but not great by any means.

    We need a Birding community here!!

    • mjohanning@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I made !birding@lemmy.world if you’re interested :-)

      And you’re right about Merlin! I never fully trust it either, but in this case I just used it to confirm that the call I heard was, indeed, a firecrest. I don’t hear them too often so I wasn’t sure. I ended up seeing it as well.

      But I’ve had Merlin misidentify things before. It heard part of a Song Thrushes singing and thought it was an oystercatcher 😬

      Edit: wrong link