Trail Tech Hacks: Birding with Merlin
We are starting a new segment on the podcast, called Trail Tech Hacks which will feature apps and/or tech that we use on the trail to make the journey a little easier or just more enjoyable.
We are starting with one of our favorite trail apps - the Merlin birding app from Cornell Labs. How many times have you been on a trail and heard a bird sound, and wondered... what the hell is that?! The last thing you want to carry on the hike is a birding manual. Luckily, the Merlin app makes identifying, and saving, bird sounds and sightings very easy.
For this episode we invited our Merlin expert Kayla. You may remember Kayla from our Inca Trail episode. Well, she is back is going to guide us through the use of the Merlin app and give us a hack on how to use the app when you are on the trail and have no cell service.
More About the Merlin App
How to Download the App - Cornell Labs
Birds Featured in this Episode:
Spotted Sand Piper
Eurasian Siskin
Photo by Diane Theresa Hendrick on Unsplash
Galapagos Penguin
Photo by Darius Wiles on Unsplash