
Episode #62
(Ep.62) eBird, Merlin & Tracking Waterfowl Migration with Orin Robinson & Mitch Barry (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
In this episode of The Bird Dog Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Orin Robinson, a senior research associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, along with Mitch Barry, the Macaulay Library's video project coordinator, who also works on outdoor-community outreach for the Merlin Bird ID app. We talk about how eBird and the Merlin Bird ID app work (including Merlin's Photo ID and Sound ID), how your bird sightings from the duck blind, tree stand, or turkey woods feed real waterfowl research, and how eBird Status & Trends maps bird migration week by week. We also get into pintail declines and northward shifts, redesigning the waterfowl breeding population survey, why teal migrate on day length while mallards follow the freeze line, game-farm mallard genetics and the Duck DNA project, the spread of Eurasian collared doves, radar tracking of migration with BirdCast — plus Orin's small Münsterländer and Mitch's English-bred black lab Riley, and a wild New Zealand shelduck hunt. Orin Robinson – Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird | eBird Status & Trends | Merlin Bird ID | BirdCast Instagram: @cornellbirds @merlin.bird.id Website: thebirddogpodcast.com The Gunshy Fix Introduce your dog to gunfire the right way—or help work through an existing gunshy issue with The Gunshy Fix. The Gunshy Fix Kuranda Dog Beds ALL American Canine Gunner NuVet Supplements (Order Code: 56496) Paradigm Sporting Dog First Aid Kits Have a Question for the Podcast? Have a bird dog training question or a topic you'd like us to cover on a future episode? Email us at thebirddogpodcast@gmail.com or send us a DM on Instagram. Training & Breeding Utah Bird Dog Training www.utahbirddogtraining.com Field Bred Golden Retrievers www.fieldbredgoldenretrievers.com Utah Pointing Labs www.utahpointinglabs.com Instagram: @thebirddogpodcast @utahbirddogtraining @fieldbredgoldenretrievers Thanks for listening to The Bird Dog Podcast — and good hunting!





