{
  "id": 491602,
  "title": "As a user of Merlin and eBird in Japan",
  "url": "/competitions/birdclef-2024/discussion/491602",
  "author_name": "LittleChika",
  "post_date": "2024-04-06T13:52:40.839000",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I find this competition quite relevant to me not only because I am interested in ML sound analysis but I am a birder in Japan (my gallery: <a href=\"url\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/birdmorebo/</a>). I'd say Merlin and eBird come in quite handy as my powerful field identification tools and personalized field notes. </p>\n<p>However, quite often, the sound ID of Merlin cannot identify Japanese species quite well, even the most common ones like Japanese tits and warbling white-eyes, though it works pretty well in the cases of worldwide spread species like carrion crows, long-tailed tits, and great spotted woodpeckers. So, I'd highly appreciate it if Cornell would consider improving the accuracy of sound identification of Japanese birds via hosting BirdCLEF or other approaches in the future. </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 2738681,
      "postDate": "2024-04-06T13:52:40.840Z",
      "content": "<p>I find this competition quite relevant to me not only because I am interested in ML sound analysis but I am a birder in Japan (my gallery: <a href=\"url\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/birdmorebo/</a>). I'd say Merlin and eBird come in quite handy as my powerful field identification tools and personalized field notes. </p>\n<p>However, quite often, the sound ID of Merlin cannot identify Japanese species quite well, even the most common ones like Japanese tits and warbling white-eyes, though it works pretty well in the cases of worldwide spread species like carrion crows, long-tailed tits, and great spotted woodpeckers. So, I'd highly appreciate it if Cornell would consider improving the accuracy of sound identification of Japanese birds via hosting BirdCLEF or other approaches in the future. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I find this competition quite relevant to me not only because I am interested in ML sound analysis but I am a birder in Japan (my gallery: [https://www.instagram.com/birdmorebo/](url)). I'd say Merlin and eBird come in quite handy as my powerful field identification tools and personalized field notes. \n\nHowever, quite often, the sound ID of Merlin cannot identify Japanese species quite well, even the most common ones like Japanese tits and warbling white-eyes, though it works pretty well in the cases of worldwide spread species like carrion crows, long-tailed tits, and great spotted woodpeckers. So, I'd highly appreciate it if Cornell would consider improving the accuracy of sound identification of Japanese birds via hosting BirdCLEF or other approaches in the future. \n\n",
      "votes": 2
    }
  ],
  "comments": [],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2738681": "I find this competition quite relevant to me not only because I am interested in ML sound analysis but I am a birder in Japan (my gallery: [https://www.instagram.com/birdmorebo/](url)). I'd say Merlin and eBird come in quite handy as my powerful field identification tools and personalized field notes. \n\nHowever, quite often, the sound ID of Merlin cannot identify Japanese species quite well, even the most common ones like Japanese tits and warbling white-eyes, though it works pretty well in the cases of worldwide spread species like carrion crows, long-tailed tits, and great spotted woodpeckers. So, I'd highly appreciate it if Cornell would consider improving the accuracy of sound identification of Japanese birds via hosting BirdCLEF or other approaches in the future. \n\n"
  }
}