Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by yareally » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC

Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds
academy.allaboutbirds.org

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by adjejmxbdjdn » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

It’s funny how they don’t include the most populous bird, the chicken. The cognitive dissonance is probably too strong.

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by snarfy » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 1:13 PM UTC

If you haven't tried it their Merlin app is pretty fantastic.

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by bwestergard » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 1:43 PM UTC

adjejmxbdjdn wrote: post #2

It’s funny how they don’t include the most populous bird, the chicken. The cognitive dissonance is probably too strong.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology studies wild birds.

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by bobbiechen » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC

snarfy wrote: post #3

If you haven't tried it their Merlin app is pretty fantastic.

I've used Merlin for a while and I'm still impressed by Merlin's sound identification, it continues to inspire me.

I wrote about it last year: https://digitalseams.com/blog/what-birdsong-and-backends-can...

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by asibahi » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC

adjejmxbdjdn wrote: post #2

It’s funny how they don’t include the most populous bird, the chicken. The cognitive dissonance is probably too strong.

I don’t understand this comment. Are you implying omitting the chicken is some sort of conspiracy?

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by ghaff » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC

bwestergard wrote: post #4

adjejmxbdjdn wrote: post #2

It’s funny how they don’t include the most populous bird, the chicken. The cognitive dissonance is probably too strong.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology studies wild birds.

Well, yes, although the ag school at Cornell has plenty of domesticated animals on campus.

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by BigTTYGothGF » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 2:19 PM UTC

adjejmxbdjdn wrote: post #2

It’s funny how they don’t include the most populous bird, the chicken. The cognitive dissonance is probably too strong.

Could you expand on what the dissonance is?

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by ghaff » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

bobbiechen wrote: post #5

snarfy wrote: post #3

If you haven't tried it their Merlin app is pretty fantastic.

I've used Merlin for a while and I'm still impressed by Merlin's sound identification, it continues to inspire me. I wrote about it last year: https://digitalseams.com/blog/what-birdsong-and-backends-can...

The sound and visual recognition around a lot of things is pretty impressive and I imagine it will work its way into less obstrusive AR in a lot of ways over time.

Re: Cornell's Interactive Wall of Birds

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Post by drcongo » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

snarfy wrote: post #3

If you haven't tried it their Merlin app is pretty fantastic.

It's Pokemon for old people, I love it and use it at least once a day. Personal best for a dog walk - 23 different birds, personal best for sitting in the garden drinking my morning coffee - 17 birds.

My family got a little tired of me using it on holiday in Portugal, but in my defence there were a lot of new birds I needed to add to my collection.