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Merlin

This smartphone app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology helps you identify birds visually and using sound when you are actively birding. The disadvantage of this free app is that you (the human!) must turn on the app and be present to listen for birds. It also does not provide real time alerts and doesn't collect or share bird identification data over time.

Haikubox

This plug-in device passively listens for and records bird songs and calls. Use the app or website anywhere or at any time to hear bird recordings & receive alerts. A Haikubox works 24/7 to provide bird recordings, species alerts and data summaries. The smartphone app (and there's a website, too) shares real time bird identifications and recordings while maintaining historical records, so you have an automated life list of identified birds, with recordings and listening available from anywhere.

Merlin

This smartphone app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology helps you identify birds visually and using sound when you are actively birding. The disadvantage of this free app is that you (the human!) must turn on the app and be present to listen for birds. It also does not provide real time alerts and doesn't collect or share bird identification data over time.

Haikubox

This plug-in device passively listens for and records bird songs and calls. Use the app or website anywhere or at any time to hear bird recordings & receive alerts. A Haikubox works 24/7 to provide bird recordings, species alerts and data summaries. The smartphone app (and there's a website, too) shares real time bird identifications and recordings while maintaining historical records, so you have an automated life list of identified birds, with recordings and listening available from anywhere.