The Cornell Lab Bird Academy › Discussion Groups › Bird Identification › Entering a bird image into Merlin

    • Dale
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      Chirps: 5
      I have hundreds of bird images on my Adobe Lightroom Library.  There seems to be no way for me to use these photos to enter them into Merlin for identification.  Yes I know that I can take a screen shot with my iPhone but that is cumbersome and very time consuming.  With all the technology currently available it seems that Cornell should be able to produce an app that would make it easier for birder wannabes to use Merlin. I have exhausted the internet, YouTube, etc. looking for help.  To no avail. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.   Thanks,  Dale
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    • Don
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      Chirps: 1
      Just saw your question - I'm also looking for something automatic but what I do today might help: No need for a screen shot, but it's not at all automatic - and I use Merlin just as an input to validate my identification, not as the first tool for identification, so I don't do this that often. I use Lightroom Classic (LRC) on  Mac and Merlin on an iPhone.  The first step can be done with one or several photos at once:  I export my photo from LRC as a fairly small jpg (1200 pixels per side), then Apple AirDrop it to my iPhone.  The second step is done once per photo :  in Merlin:  Identify from photo -> choose photo, and then select the photo that I AidDropped.    Not automatic by any means, but if you define an export preset in LRC the first step takes very little work. If you are using Lightroom on your mobile device, you should be able to do something similar by exporting the photo(s) to the phone's camera roll and then selecting them in Merlin,
    • Esteban
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      Chirps: 170
      You could substitute Merlin with Seek from iNaturalist or just use Google Lens to identify all your photos.