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Computer ID of birds

To: Chris Sanderson <>
Subject: Computer ID of birds
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:22:21 +1100
Chris,

There is an app for North American species (WeBIRD) being launched next year. 
See http://www.news.wisc.edu/19882

Cheers,

Carl Clifford

On 15/11/2012, at 10:54, Chris Sanderson <> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>  
> A program that identifies bird calls has already been developed in the US, 
> but only for research as yet.  I last heard about it at the Australasian 
> Ornithological Conference in 2011, but they were up to about 90% accuracy on 
> ID from memory.
>  
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> Interesting - the very first birding database I used was called Merlin. I
> used it for a couple of years then the guy who developed it told his users
> he was going off to be a Buddhist monk and would no longer support the
> product so I moved on....
> 
> And then of course we need one that identifies calls - there are services
> that will identify music I know (you play a sample you heard on the radio
> and it tells you what the music was) but this would be a bit harder I
> suppose - or maybe it already exists?????
> 
> On 15 November 2012 10:34, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> 
> > Dear B-A,
> >
> > Cornell Lab of Ornithology is developing a project called Merlin. This aim
> > of this project is to develop software that enables computers to identify
> > birds from images. See
> > http://dev.nabirds.org/Web/Tools/ImageUpload/pages/about.php
> >
> > Given the advances in human biometrics, I imagine that computer ID of
> > birds is quite doable. Wonder how long it will take for the technology to
> > appear in handheld devices? After all, how many of us say, 10-15 years ago,
> > would have thought that an all singing, all dancing field guide in a
> > smartphone type device would be possible?
> >
> > An interesting space to watch.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Carl Clifford
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