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Lots of interesting birds on my lunch walk (beehaw.org)

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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!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I made [email protected] 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