The new version of Merlin is fantastic. Not only will it identify photos
of birds taken with your phone, you can take a photo from the LCD screen
of your Digital camera. It should work with digiscoping as well. I gave
it a workout on the recent CBC field trip to Niagara Falls and it was
near 100% correct on identification. At worst it gave you the correct
bird on the second or third choice. It even identified Charley Harper
birds. We even went so far as to take selfies to see what bird Merlin
identified us as, great fun. No I won't say which bird Merlin identified
my selfie as.
I can say that the Merlin team has brought this app a long way and it
will be a great addition to both beginners and advanced birders. Good
work Team Merlin.
Carl Steckler
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