Tony, I’m shocked (and slightly embarrassed) to hear this! I thought Merlin just had good “ears”! I think I’ll sue Cornell University for false advertising: The app typically says, “Hearing a bird…” As a Brad Paisley song says, maybe they’ll just “pay me to go away”! ;-)
p.s. Just in case anyone is worried about my intentions, I am, just as for iNaturalist, a proud monthly supporter of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.