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American Robin? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/birding@lemmy.world
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Pretty sure this is an American Robin but I'm new to this.

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[–] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

definitely a robin

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Really? European robins look very different, the only similarity is the red breast (and even then, it's only a superficial similarity)

    Edit: I'm not trying to contradict you, just slightly surprised

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    You're correct. They're not closely related other than by name. Wikipedia says:

    The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin[3] because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family.

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    • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Do yourself a huge favour and get the Merlin Bird ID app. It'll be your best friend when trying to identify the birds you spot.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

    Does Merlin do images? I thought it only did sounds.

    That said, I use Seek by iNautralist for image identification.

    Edit: after making this comment i opened the app and actually looked at the interface beyond the green microphone button i polish as soon as I normally open it. Sure enough there is an id by photo button. 🤦‍♂️

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    It will do images, sounds, or step by step id. Because it's by cornell university and they also run eBird.. you can connect the two if you want also.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks! I will look into using it for other ids!

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    • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yes. That's the bastard that wakes me up every morning at 4:30.

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    • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm finding that they love middle ground, that is fence posts and my wood pile height

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