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Questions
How does Flicker know which bird it is?
Listen runs BirdNET, a sound model from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Chemnitz University of Technology, right on your phone. It also checks which birds are likely where you are this time of year. Nearby shows those birds with photos and calls, so you can tag one you saw.
It keeps suggesting birds that aren't here, or misses quiet ones.
Change how sure Listen needs to be with the mode beside the timer. Careful shows fewer, surer birds. Eager shows more, including faint ones. Balanced is in between.
Who sees my birds?
You pick in Settings: Everyone, Anyone who follows, Followers I approve, or Only me. Nobody ever sees exactly where you were, only a spot rounded to about a kilometer.
Do I have to share anything?
No. Choose Only me and nothing is posted. You can also use Flicker without signing in, and then nothing leaves your phone.
I got a new phone. Where are my birds?
Sign in with the same Apple account and they come back, with your photos, streak and medals.
Can I bring in my eBird history?
Yes. In Settings, choose Import from eBird and follow the steps. Those birds count for your life list, levels and medals, and never become posts.
Can I send my birds to eBird?
Yes. On Birds, open Mine and tap Send to eBird to save a week as a file eBird can import.
Someone is bothering me.
Open their profile to block them, or report a post or comment from its menu. Someone you block can't see your birds.
How do I delete my account?
Open You, then Settings, then Delete account. Your account, birds, photos and comments are deleted from Flicker's server.
Privacy
What Flicker keeps and who can see it is on the privacy page.
Credits
The bird photos in the app screens on this site are the ones Flicker shows, from Wikimedia Commons: the Cooper's hawk by Mykola Swarnyk (CC BY-SA 3.0); the northern cardinal, blue jay, tufted titmouse and white-breasted nuthatch by Rhododendrites (CC BY-SA 4.0); the dark-eyed junco and downy woodpecker by Cephas (CC BY-SA 3.0 and 4.0); and the black-capped chickadee by a Wikimedia Commons contributor (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Listen runs BirdNET from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Chemnitz University of Technology. The site is set in Geist and Bricolage Grotesque, both under the SIL Open Font License.