I guess he became more interested in the sound of one wing flapping.
On 15/11/2012, at 10:43, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> Interesting - the very first birding database I used was called Merlin. I
> used it for a couple of years then the guy who developed it told his users he
> was going off to be a Buddhist monk and would no longer support the product
> so I moved on....
>
> And then of course we need one that identifies calls - there are services
> that will identify music I know (you play a sample you heard on the radio and
> it tells you what the music was) but this would be a bit harder I suppose -
> or maybe it already exists?????
>
> On 15 November 2012 10:34, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> Dear B-A,
>
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology is developing a project called Merlin. This aim of
> this project is to develop software that enables computers to identify birds
> from images. See http://dev.nabirds.org/Web/Tools/ImageUpload/pages/about.php
>
> Given the advances in human biometrics, I imagine that computer ID of birds
> is quite doable. Wonder how long it will take for the technology to appear in
> handheld devices? After all, how many of us say, 10-15 years ago, would have
> thought that an all singing, all dancing field guide in a smartphone type
> device would be possible?
>
> An interesting space to watch.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
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