I just had some fun playing with tihs. It failed on al four photos of three species I fed it.
- Hammond's Flycatcher - came close with Pacific-slope Flycatcher (anothe empid)
- Couch's Kingbird - not even close
- two difference Rufous-backed Robins - first guess on one was American Robin (not bad); second guess on second image was also American Robin
But their guesses get very strange the deeper you probe into results, with herons, accipiters, and even gulls suggested for these flycatchers.
I suppose it does better on more common or distinct birds, but what's the point in such cases? If its an easy bird to start with then why do we need a program lke this to make a guess for us?
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Wouldn't work for me Sandy. Please check your URL. Also, missing you!
Here's the link to start the ID process
http://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/photo-id
I just had some fun playing with tihs. It failed on al four photos of three species I fed it.
- Hammond's Flycatcher - came close with Pacific-slope Flycatcher (anothe empid)
- Couch's Kingbird - not even close
- two difference Rufous-backed Robins - first guess on one was American Robin (not bad); second guess on second image was also American Robin
But their guesses get very strange the deeper you probe into results, with herons, accipiters, and even gulls suggested for these flycatchers.
I suppose it does better on more common or distinct birds, but what's the point in such cases? If its an easy bird to start with then why do we need a program lke this to make a guess for us?