Furnace to A/C

       While enjoying some nice hot weather sitting on the front steps the rooster  across the street serenaded. That made me wonder what the Merlin Bird App would do with a chicken. Nothing, as it turns out because it kept crowing while I recorded and the App didn't register it. There was a number of birds calling so I kept the App open for six minutes.

     These are the birds recorded: Pheasant, Eastern Warbling Vireo, Baltimore Oriole, House Sparrow, Chimney Swift, Song Sparrow, Grackle, Eurasian Collard-Dove, American Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbird, and Common Yellowthroat. A nice feature of the App is that it plays back the bird songs. Press on American Goldfinch, e.g., and it plays the Goldfinch recording, while showing a file video of the bird.

Takk for alt,

Al

A bird best identified by silhouette, the smudge-gray Chimney Swift nimbly maneuvers over rooftops, fields, and rivers to catch insects. Its tiny body, curving wings, and stiff, shallow wingbeats give it a flight style as distinctive as its fluid, chattering call. This enigmatic little bird spends almost its entire life airborne. When it lands, it can’t perch—it clings to vertical walls inside chimneys or in hollow trees or caves. This species has suffered sharp declines as chimneys fall into disuse across the continent.