Written by Jeff Bouton In 2023, I did something really cool! I was able to capture images & videos of over one tenth of the world’s bird species with my iPhone in a single year! I never intended to do a “Big Year” (as in the movie with the same name), but by year’s end it was undeniably a big … Read More
Identify birds online with the new Merlin Bird ID app
Black-chinned Hummingbird in Blythe, CA. Digiscoped with a iPhone 4s + Celestron Regal M2 80ED & Phone Skope Adapter. iPhone photo by Tim Schreckengost.A few days ago, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology launched a new website that should assist folks with the identification of 400 North American birds – Merlin – Photo ID. Using the website to identify a bird … Read More