Hi, I briefly recorded (east anglia, UK) what my Merlin bird app identified as a golden oriole. It wasn’t that close by and despite trying to find it and listening out for more song it didn’t reappear. Question is - is there anywhere I can check the validity of the recording e.g. spectrogram comparisons? Could the app have misidentified a particularly flutey sounding blackbird for example?
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Golden oriole in UK (1 Viewer)
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lou salomon
the birdonist
could have been a starling imitating a golden oriole.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Not an oriole
And it is a ….. ? Blackbird?
Southern Viking
Well-known member
The app gets a lot right but some wrong too. Gave it a quick go in my Dad's garden in Cambs yesterday and it ID'd a juvenile Starling in flight as Red-legged Partridge
I don’t, that’s why I was checking . I’ve so far found it to be surprisingly accurate but this one threw me. Thank you
I’ve found the recordings far more useful than the photos. An admittedly rather blurry photo of a nightingale was apparently an Indian Pond Heron 😂
Southern Viking
Well-known member
Will have to try more photos for a laugh then! I tried it on one photo so far and it got that right (Andean Gull my Mum took in Peru)
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lou salomon
the birdonist
yes, must have been the blackbird.
