Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to the free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, you'll never have to guess at the source of a birdsong ...

(CORNELL) — It’s an almost universal feeling: the thrill of hearing a mysterious new bird song. And it’s usually followed up by the question, “What was that bird?” Schoharie County Eagle Trail is a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Last year, as pandemic lockdown restrictions hit the US, new bird ...

Casual birdwatchers may want to bookmark Merlin Bird Photo ID, a website created by Cornell University and the Visipedia research project. Thanks to powerful artificial intelligence techniques, the ...

Organizers are inviting people to participate in the 2026 Great Backyard Bird Count. The event will be held Feb. 13 to 16.

While there are already plenty of apps that help birdwatchers identify birds, most of them work by searching a database based on descriptions. Cornell University and the Visipedia research project's ...

More than one in five Americans engage in bird watching. Now, researchers at Cornell University are making it easier to identify different species... Apr 11, 2013 — More than one in five Americans ...

In between snowstorms lately, we’ve been able to enjoy the sounds of spring as our feathered friends wing north again for summer. Everyone knows the sound of a Canada goose honking and probably a ...

Avian watchers will surely enjoy this new application Cornell University developed. This application was created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology with a partnership with the Visipedia research project to ...

I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

Is that a bufflehead? A coot? Maybe a loon? Get close enough to take a picture and the Merlin bird identification app will tell you in seconds — sort of like a Shazam for would-be ornithologists. The ...