Screenshot from the free app Merlin listing American Goldfinch, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Bushtit, Western Bluebird, and Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Screenshot from the free app Merlin listing White-breasted Nuthatch, Dark-eyed Junco, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Purple Finch, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Brown Creeper, and Violet-green Swallow.

Today’s #10MinMerlin from the Willamette Valley. Also seen, a Rufous Hummingbird.

Between them and the Turkey Vultures showing up a couple of weeks ago, and the swallows this week, it definitely feels Springy!

#10MinMerlin Seems like we have some regulars in the neighborhood

A list from the free app Merlin that lists Bushtit, White-throated Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Red-winged Blackbird.

A list from the free app Merlin that lists American Goldfinch, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Rufous Hummingbird, Black-capped Chickadee, Purple Finch, and Downy Woodpecker.

A list from the free app Merlin which includes Purple Finch, Downy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, America Crow, and Orange-crowned Warbler.

My first non-butterbutt warbler of the year! Hello Orange-crowned warbler!

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#10MinMerlin There’s snow on the ground but the birds are still singing!

#10MinMerlin Goldfinches are back! Must be spring.

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Always a good morning when los garrapateros (Smooth-billed Ani) visit 🖤 #10MinMerlin

#10MinMerlin Love nuthatches and their creaky rusty voices!

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#10MinMerlin Cold and kinda gross today. Maybe more tomorrow

#10MinMerlin Got the bird of the day! Although it’s not too hard to find European Starlings 😂

#10MinMerlin Love the tip on Downy vs Hairy Woodpeckers!

#10MinMerlin Rainy day birds

#10MinMerlin Part 2!

#10MinMerlin Lots of birds today in the “backyard” at work! Also took a short walk and found some more.

#10MinMerlin Took a walk at a wooded park hoping to hear some new voices but it was too windy. Backyard with the same cast of characters and a special guest appearance from a red tailed hawk.

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#10MinMerlin Not sure about the horned lark. That one is totally new to me.

#10MinMerlin Today’s visitors

Screenshot of the sound ID from the Merlin app showing a Swainsons thrush singing. Timestamp is 5:41 am

Have not done a #TenMinMerlin in a while but thanks to the dogs wonky digestive system and love of eating rat shit in the back yard, I was up before the house sparrows and treated to a gorgeous dialogue between a couple of thrushes. #10MinMerlin #birds #Chicago

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica く Hooded Crow • Corvus cornix Eurasian Wren • Troglodytes troglodytes Common Wood-Pigeon • Columba palumbus く Common Chaffinch o Fringilla coelebs House Sparrow o Passer domesticus

Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula く Eurasian Tree Sparrow O 0 Passer montanus く European Starling O Sturnus vulgaris く Eurasian Blackbird O Turdus merula Rook Corvus frugilegus く Carrion Crow • Corvus corone く European Robin O Erithacus rubecula

amazed at what the Merlin app is picking up in our garden. 13 species in just #10minMerlin

A screenshot of the Merlin app from 5/29/25 showing calls from a Cedar Waxwing and an American Robin were detected

The Cedar Waxwings were back at my work today! Of course the instant I stopped to get a picture they all flew away 🤣
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A clear blue sky over a wetland, with green hills to the left side. Short grasses surround a small shallow pond.

Merlin Bird ID of song sparrow, mourning dove, American Goldfinch, Yellow Warbler, Northern House Wren, Red Winged Blackbird, and Northern Cardinal

Merlin Bird ID identifying calls of Indigo Bunting, Canada Goose, Northern Flicker, Gray Catbird, American Robin, Common Yellowthroat, and American Crow

A good day for taking a #10MinMerlin walk through a developing wetland, and taking in the first half of my 30th birthday.

These are the birds that Merlin heard today
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That Merlin heard today
O, These are the birds that Merlin heard today
The birds that tweedle dee’d
As I was walking down the street
The birds that Merlin heard tooo-daaay
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(Tune: People In Your Neighborhood)

Downy Woodpecker • く Brown-headed Nuthatch o く Red-bellied Woodpecker • く Pine Warbler く Tufted Titmouse • く Chimney Swift く Eastern Towhee く

Kentucky Warbler く Blue Jay く Common Grackle o く Great Crested Flycatcher O く Carolina Chickadee • く Red-winged Blackbird o く House Finch o く

Brown-headed Cowbird o く American Robin • Northern Cardinal o く Mourning Dove O く Chipping Sparrow O Carolina Wren • く Song Sparrow O

Northern Cardinal o く Mourning Dove O く Chipping Sparrow O く Carolina Wren • く Song Sparrow • く Gray Catbird く Northern Mockingbird O く

Here’s the full list from my #10MinuteMerlin this morning. While I don’t fully trust Merlin’s IDs every time, especially when a Grey Catbird is the noisiest one in my yard, I have confirmed visually at other times that each of these species do indeed occur here.
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This hungry little one was screaming its head off and no doubt driving its poor parents up the wall nonstop for a solid 45-60min in my backyard this morning!

And this was one among 23 species making quite the racket today per my #10MinuteMerlin (ok, to rounds of it).
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My local parks' #10MinMerlin despite being near a major road was very busy this morning

This is my first feed I've created, but I think I've updated it to include #10MinMerlin as well.

I don't know much about feeds, can you add a second hashtag? I know folks use #10MinMerlin in addition to #TenMinMerlin (a legacy of the days when Bluesky hashtags couldn't include numbers, so I used #10MinMerlin on Twitter and #TenMinMerlin here).

Got a lifer Summer Tanager in my yard today. A bright red male visited the mulberry tree. I had heard them many times but never actually put my eye on one until today. 🪶 #ABirdFromTheLord #10MinMerlin

Ok #BirdSky spring migration has tipped me over into real birder territory. Who has recs for good starter binoculars? Bonus points if they work well with glasses!

@skwinnicki.bsky.social tagging because this is a direct result of #10MinMerlin and you know the bird folks.