Birdsnap Revisited: Goose and Gull


In my previous article about Birdsnap, the app was unable to identify my hawk because I did not get a full profile of the bird. Now that it's autumn and Canada geese have begun migrating, I’ve had some opportunities to photograph birds and get close enough to be able to photograph them properly in profile.

Here’s a goose I took a picture of on South Grove Golf Course in Indianapolis on Wednesday:

I uploaded it to Birdsnap:

Click on the eye:

Click on the tail:

Submit the picture for processing:

Birdsnap identified it as a Canada goose:

Here’s a picture of gull from Kimel beach, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore shot yesterday (09/24/2015):

I uploaded it to Birdsnap:

Birdsnap identified it as a Ring-billed gull:

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