About a month ago at Cherry Creek State park I heard a Western Meadow lark. Soon after I heard a response from across the path, responding, it turned out to be a Gray Catbird. I saw the Catbird as Merlin said a Western Meadowlark was calling.
Sent from the all new Aol app for iOS Buzz Schaumberg On Friday, June 23, 2023, 7:12 PM, Chip Clouse <[email protected]> wrote: And I was recently birding in the foothills where I watched a Red-tailed hawk flyover calling repeatedly. Merlin ID'd it as a Steller's Jay! Is that the opposite of mimicry? Cheers,Chip ClouseLakewood On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 7:46 PM Ajit Antony <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Elena and everyone else.Last year when I lived in New York and was involved in the 3rd (every 20 year) NY State Breeding Bird Atlas, I was in an area where I had already heard 2 Least Flycatcher calling and had seen each of them. Further along the trail I heard a 3rd and in trying to see it realized and saw that it was a earby Gray Catbird perfectly imitating 'che-beck' call of a Least Flycatcher ! tinyurl.com/4dn2x5yy Out of curiosity I put on the Sound ID section of Merlin, and not unexpectedly it identified it as the call of a Least Flycatcher. I did not then think of it as a deficiency of Merlin, but marveled at the perfect ability of a mimid. Ajit AntonyCentral Park, Colorado On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 5:41 PM elena <[email protected]> wrote: Merlin is a wonderful tool, but it’s certainly not as good as experienced ears. I watched Merlin (and, I confess, myself at first) be fooled by a blue jay doing a dang good imitation of a Coopers Hawk. I thought the jays were doing a very good job but wanted to test Merlin, and, no surprise, the blue jay won. Sent from my iPhone Elena Holly Klaver Federally Certified Court Interpreter Conference Interpreter English <> Spanish 303 475 5189 Member: American Translators Association Colorado Translators Association Pronouns: she, her, hers I acknowledge that I live in the territory of Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne and Ute Nations, according to the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, and that Colorado’s Front Range is home to many Native peoples. 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