Anyone who wants to get into bird watching needs a good pair of binoculars so they can see birds up close. Most birds you ...

A song is harmonious, whereas a call usually consists of short, chip-sounding notes. If you need some help identifying those notes and birds, download a free cellphone app called Merlin at ...

Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps determine which bird you saw or heard. The app, designed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, was designed to answer the commonly asked question: "What bird ...

To be completely sure, you need a bird call expert along. Fortunately, naturalist groups often include some very ...

To analyze what ended up being a gigantic amount of data, Van Doren and his colleagues used machine-learning technology with a customized version of Merlin, a bird-call-identification app ...

You just spend time in your favorite places watching birds for as little as fifteen minutes a day during the four-day count.