The Merlin app identifies birds via birdsong. The app was created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Merlin is available on ...

Countryside living. Getting on a bit. It was only a matter of time before I gave into certain impulses: I’m curious about birdlife. It’s a curiosity that’s at risk of developing into outright ...

It’s spring, and nature is pulling me away from my computer as I write this. The sun is shining, the world is warming up, and the birds are chirping away. And that got me thinking: What if a ...

Merlin Wendell Call was born Nov. 25, 1931 in Long Beach, California, to Harry Truman Call and Bernice Johnson Call. He died Jan. 6, 2026 in Santa Barbara. Merlin attended Pasadena schools and earned ...