Listening with Merlin Bird ID, I Hear the Patterns We Live By

Listening with Merlin Bird ID, I Hear the Patterns We Live By

Illustration by Jillian Ditner. From the Summer 2025 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. More From Living BirdLiving Bird Summer 2025—Table Of ContentsLiving Bird Magazine—Latest IssueLiving Bird Magazine Archives We were car-birding a reed marsh near the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Maryland—me and my uncle Ralph, binoculars trained, trying to make sense of a sparrow that wouldn’t sit still long enough for either of …