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Friday, 9 October 2026

[Maine-birds] This Week's Highlights, 10/2-10/9

Hi all,

A busy week of birding included our annual half-day pelagic out of Boothbay Harbor and two flights at Sandy Point, one of which was incredible! Here are my photo-laden observations of note over the past 8 days.

https://mebirdingfieldnotes.blog/2026/10/09/this-weeks-highlights-10-2-10-9-2026/

-Derek

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Thursday, 8 October 2026

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Re: [Maine-birds] American Tree Sparrow

Ive had juncos for about a week in Pittsfield, along with White-throated Sparrows, but have yet to see those.

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It’s our first winter arrival.

Kokadjo/Piscataquis.

Christine

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[Maine-birds] American Tree Sparrow

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Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine-birds@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

So, When you click on Sound ID session under the identity tab you don’t see any? The other thing to check is your iPhone storage, scroll down to Merlin and check the size of Merlin storage. You should have many gigabytes. if you don’t show a sizable storage, I would reboot both your phone and log out and back into Merlin, and check both your storage and your sound ID sessions again. Good luck and let us know.

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Merlin app issues - 1 Update

Marsh Wren? - 1 Update

Merlin app issues

Boots. <bootsg@gmail.com>: Oct 05 09:30AM -0400

Hi all,

I use Merlin frequently for various projects.

It’s not my sole record keeping system but it contains a lot of recordings
and notes that I would be hard pressed to recreate.

This morning the app will not load *any* of my Sound ID Sessions. I’m using
most recent updates on both Merlin (4.2) and my iPhone (26.6.2). I’ve fully
closed the app and hard rebooted my phone. No luck.

Any help/suggestions or comments from others who have also encountered this
would be appreciated.

I left a message on Merlin help section in the app but don’t anticipate a
response.

*~Boots.*

*"Social media algorithms don't nurture human connection, they exploit it."*
—*Alec Watson*

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Marsh Wren?

Mike Chace-Ortiz <mchaceortiz@gmail.com>: Oct 05 08:34AM -0400

Good morning All

Heard this faint, very fast, trilling song next to a reed bed in Wells yesterday.

Merlin would not ID. I think it might be a March Wren.

Here’s a short recording <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8eml3eqz0oxhopr2dj8c5/20261004-0730-Wells-ME.wav?rlkey=4ahkevkoqd5ryb978mkh6aptm&dl=0>. Can anyone confirm?

Cheers

—mco

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Monday, 5 October 2026

[Maine-birds] Merlin app issues

Hi all,

I use Merlin frequently for various projects.

It’s not my sole record keeping system but it contains a lot of recordings and notes that I would be hard pressed to recreate.

This morning the app will not load any of my Sound ID Sessions. I’m using most recent updates on both Merlin (4.2) and my iPhone (26.6.2). I’ve fully closed the app and hard rebooted my phone. No luck.

Any help/suggestions or comments from others who have also encountered this would be appreciated.

I left a message on Merlin help section in the app but don’t anticipate a response.

~Boots.

"Social media algorithms don't nurture human connection, they exploit it."
—Alec Watson

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[Maine-birds] Marsh Wren?

Good morning All

Heard this faint, very fast, trilling song next to a reed bed in Wells yesterday.

Merlin would not ID. I think it might be a March Wren.

Here’s a short recording. Can anyone confirm?

Cheers

—mco