[tristor]

I really love Merlin as a hobbyist nature photographer. Not just the sound ID, but even more importantly it has a wonderful function that allows you to visually ID a bird from a photo. I don't know much about birds, other than having an appreciation at a distance and finding them photogenic, and Merlin has helped me learn a lot about the birds I've photographed as well as identifying them. This is one of the most important apps on my phone. One of the best things I've seen come out to the public from academia.