Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians
Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify aviansImage source, Megan SzostakImage caption, Megan has been birding since childhood, but Merlin Bird ID has become part of her toolkitByLiv McMahonTechnology reporterPublished1 minute agoMegan Szostak, 26, was…
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Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify aviansImage source, Megan SzostakImage caption, Megan has been birding since childhood, but Merlin Bird ID has become part of her toolkitByLiv McMahonTechnology reporterPublished1 minute agoMegan Szostak, 26, was always a "bird kid".The urge to watch and appreciate the world around her - and avians flitting in and out of it - has been ingrained in her since childhood, when she was given her grandfather's binoculars after he died.Armed with this and a field guide in her home of San Francisco, she set about identifying birds from an early age.
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