Looks interesting - I hope they expand it to be worldwide coverage!
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> There is an app for North American species (WeBIRD) being launched next year.
> See http://www.news.wisc.edu/19882
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
>
> On 15/11/2012, at 10:54, Chris Sanderson <> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> A program that identifies bird calls has already been developed in the US,
>> but only for research as yet. I last heard about it at the Australasian
>> Ornithological Conference in 2011, but they were up to about 90% accuracy on
>> ID from memory.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:43 AM, 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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