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A Fun App

A Fun App

A friend recently shared an app with me that identifies the birds you hear. It’s called Merlin Bird id App from Cornell University and it’s free.  Download the app. Take your phone outside and hit the record button. When I first used it, within two minutes it identified a Carolina Wren, and Northern Cardinal, a House Sparrow, and House Finch, and an American Robin from my patio. Using the same login name and password that you create for Merlin, you…

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Strange Birds

Strange Birds

On Friday and Saturday I attended the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference–only I sat in my kitchen at home in Overland Park. All the classes were held on Zoom. During one of the classes something drew my eyes from the computer screen. Four tiny birds came to my patio. I don’t know if you can see them in this picture. Perhaps you can make your screen bigger. Two smaller ones that were mostly brown rested on the back of a chair…

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