Date: 2/2/26 9:14 pm From: Thomas Dorrance via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Merlin -- while biking past a pecan orchard
Raptor vocalizations at close range were often a feature of the spring
Apple Century bike ride out of Wenatchee. Other orchards opted for cannon
fire. Both quite distracting.
Tom Dorrance
On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM Lea Mitchell via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> Yes! Keep the old version of Merlin if you can.
>
> And a brief tale. While biking in the deserts of Arizona we used Merlin to
> help us tap into birds along the way. We emerged from the desert and then
> into one of the largest Pecan plantations in the country. We heard a
> Peregrine, then an eagle, and a red tail. Merlin heard them too. Hmmm. We
> were skeptical. Turns out it was a recording the orchard folks were playing
> to keep the songbirds from eating the Pecans.
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