Auto analyzer very helpful
Appreciate the app and how it isolates the bird call for me, without needing to know how to use recording equipment. When you’re trying to ID the bird quickly, the last thing you need to try to figure out is how the app works, but this is intuitive and does it for you! Sad that it will not be continued, but thank you!
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Used to be excellent
This used to be my go-to app to identify bird songs/calls. It was, for the most part, quite accurate. Apparently, a recent update makes it unusable in that it wants you to select the bird first. The whole point is to figure out what sounds I am hearing from which bird(s). If I can’t search for that sound, I won’t know which bird it is. Deleting the app. It doesn’t work the way it used to.
Update: I was told the app glitch had been fixed. So I decided to give it another chance.
We are sitting in our back porch listening g to all the birds. There is a mockingbird in one of our trees. We turned on sing sleuth to identify the other birds around. The mockingbird is loud and clear to use. The app is picking up every other bird but the mockingbird. So, we wonder why we should continue with this app at all, again. 🤷🏽♀️
Update: I was told the app glitch had been fixed. So I decided to give it another chance.
We are sitting in our back porch listening g to all the birds. There is a mockingbird in one of our trees. We turned on sing sleuth to identify the other birds around. The mockingbird is loud and clear to use. The app is picking up every other bird but the mockingbird. So, we wonder why we should continue with this app at all, again. 🤷🏽♀️
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Tech-No Geek
One of the best programs I’ve ever used. Ok, I’m not getting 100% id or even close. I get that it’s a tool and I’m just learning. However, the functionality is superb, the operation flawless and the Help section has a clarity and thoroughness seldom seen anymore.
But the best part- going Geek now - is ‘seeing’ sounds, any and all. Anything you can hear, or feel, you can also see. The spectrogram helps see the patterns, frequencies and overtones from any vibrating source, from running water to Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in Dm on a pipe organ (I was having issues with an extraneous note being played). Thanks for the tool guys!
But the best part- going Geek now - is ‘seeing’ sounds, any and all. Anything you can hear, or feel, you can also see. The spectrogram helps see the patterns, frequencies and overtones from any vibrating source, from running water to Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in Dm on a pipe organ (I was having issues with an extraneous note being played). Thanks for the tool guys!
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Works like magic!
This app is terrific. It helped me automatically identify the “birds” that would sing for hours after dark in my backyard —and they turned out to be Grey Tree Frogs! Without this app, I would have never figured it out.
Great app, but please…
Love this app so much and use it all the time to identify birds! But please please please consider adding hummingbirds to the catalogue of options!! They def have a song and they sing in my yard all the time!
Question about Birds not listed
I just love this app!! But I have a question. I have purple Martin nesting near by and I noticed they are not listed on this app. How can they be added?
No Sleuthing
I was very excited to be able to learn to ID birds from their song but have been disappointed in the apps performance. The process is straightforward and clever but the birds it IDs based on recording their song are way off. I have tried it about a half dozen times and it hasn’t come close. It seems to just suggest the most common bird in the area (like a robin) even if the song recorded isn’t at all like a robin’s song. Too bad.
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Really powerful and useful
Despite some odd UI this app is surprisingly capable , the spectrum analyzer tools are fantastic and I like that it gives you multiple suggestions in case you’re not really confident about your recordings.
The audio sample Easter egg for recognizing humans won my heart.
The audio sample Easter egg for recognizing humans won my heart.
Great idea, but
While I have been a fan Sibley’s products in print and electronic , this app simply does not produce accurate results in my experience. I’m pretty knowledgeable about birdsong and have tried it on easy ones such as spotted towhees and chickadees, but it rarely offers a correct i.d.
Also the fact that it appears to isolate such a small fragment of the soundscape perplexes me. I’ve tried expanding the analysis frame to no avail.
Also the fact that it appears to isolate such a small fragment of the soundscape perplexes me. I’ve tried expanding the analysis frame to no avail.
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Just rarely correct
I try and try to like this app, but it is so rarely accurate. I can point it right at a bird I know that is in song, and it was come back with chipmunk, squirrel, human, or some bird not common to the area. I keep it and try it because I hope it will work and improve. Once in awhile it does. I just think the technology is not there. I am surprised that it cannot ID more accurately from the sound map as many of these are cataloged.
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Very much appreciated
I begin painting watercolors of birds about a year ago and because of that I became an avid birderand I’m learning all I can about birds and now I’m learning to identify birds by their songs. I’ve only tried the half out for one day so far but within the first four times of using it I got two correct birds from their songs. I really appreciate having the spectra grams to look at and compare with other bird songs. It helps me remember the songs because I am very visual. From my experience using other apps to record Birdsong‘s this is by far the best one. The bird songs are more clear and concise and you have the option of clarifying them further. If I think it’s a different bird then the three birds suggested I would like to be able to input that and keep the recording but I don’t know how to do that yet or if it’s even possible. I also appreciate that you can change the state that you’re in and thereby receive indications of the most common birds in that area. I’m going on vacation soon to several different states and I will be using this to help me identify Birdsong‘s. Nothing is perfect but I tend to disregard the negative impressions I read about regarding this app because to me it’s a godsend!
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Best I’ve Found To Date!
I love this app. I use it daily, right alongside the iNaturalist app. It’s a great tool for artists, educators, and nature enthusiasts alike. Extremely well designed and intuitive.
Can we pls organize our favs
I like this app—it took only about 5 mins to figure out. I like being able to work with the recordings and isolate them and see them in comparison to others in the database. I love how beautifully the database is laid out, and I love browsing it. Can we please be able to save favorites to our own custom folder from the database so we don’t have to browse all of them all the time? Would stop me from having to use other apps. Would also be great if we can organize our own recordings into groups or folders.
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Newbie
Love, love, love this APP. We recently built our dream home in a lot surrounded by woodlands. I love sitting in our back deck surrounded by nature and lots of birds. I have enjoyed using the App to help me identify species by sound and characteristics. Love all the information. This homo sapien thanks you.
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Imperfect but still useful
The ID feature gets lucky on occasion, but is very inconsistent: I wouldn’t trust an ID I couldn’t confirm visually or from other recordings. Twice now I’ve had the app make a correct suggestion (that I was able to verify later) on the first attempt, but then it wouldn’t produce the same result again. It’s still a useful tool, you just really have to do your own sleuthing. So far, it’s been a helpful and engaging companion to my birding.
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Awesome
I am an avid bird fan. I go bird watching, I feed them and have nursed them back to health. I love this app. When I’m alone and do not want to be with “people,” I find serenity going off on my on with my binoculars and my bird calls. Although I do find that some of birds on their list states they are uncommon or rare and they are actually here in my region of New Hampshire.
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Caveats
The app description clearly says it does not works for simple chirps, repetitive calls and other vague sounds. I think ignoring this warning is a reason why many commenters think it doesn't work.
I've used it only this morning and only with what i would call songs, and it has batted 1000 so far (NW USA).
I've used it only this morning and only with what i would call songs, and it has batted 1000 so far (NW USA).
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Black search bar
I love the app but I can’t see what I’m searching for cause the search bar is black and the letters are black on top of it. It didn’t used to be this way, but now I can’t find a way to fix it. It used to be white with black writing so I could see it really well.
Please fix this bug.
Please fix this bug.
Recordings
Best bird recording app I’ve found but has limitations. I love the three second delay so that I can wait before I start recording. But it often requests me to rate the app when I first open it, so I miss getting the recording. It doesn’t open consistently to the same screen so that is frustrating also. I have a hard time with cropping songs, the crop tool isn’t intuitive. I also would like a way to crop and save a new version rather than writing over the first one. I don’t use the predictive function often and it’s confusing that I have to cancel to save the song and return to record again.
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Great I’d!
Enjoying this app quite a bit. I’ve identified at least 25 birds so far and the app has been a perfect help! Was wondering why I can’t Bluetooth the birds singing. I can only hear the bird sounds on my iPhone ? All music apps on my iphone Bluetooth perfect.
