@Myphatself Outdoor cats are a love/hate relationship too :-) I'd side with the magpies on that one!

Yeah, the sound ID technology still has some glitches. Merlin IDed a cow as a Long-eared Owl for me once... But it does let me know how bad my bird calls are. I tried what I thought was a pretty respectable chickadee call, and it told me it had heard a Yellow-headed Blackbird. That was sorta insulting...

I sorta do wish that it would ID common non-bird sounds (bullfrog, squirrel, toad, cicada, etc) as well, but maybe that is coming in the next generation.