Burt,



I have both Birdjam and eBird Pro on my i-touch. I use both of them. I find
it easier to get to a bird song with Birdjam and I like all the features of
eBird Pro that are listed at the comparison web site. Birdjam is more
expensive and I had it before I bought the i-touch and eBird Pro. The app
from Birdjam for the i-touch and i-phone is easier to use, for me, than the
base program that I have on my older i-pod. Both eBird and Birdjam have good
pictures, different songs, range maps and id info. For local birding, I have
generally stopped carrying a field guide and just take my i-touch.



EBird Pro is great for comparison of similar species and songs and for
making a record of sightings or other trip notes. It is also updated more
regularly than Birdjam though updates for both are free.



Now if I could just find something similar for my Verizon smart phone. Or
better yet, the Birdseye app!!



Bob



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of
Guttman,Burt
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:00 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] birding apps



I raised a question on Birdchat that I'd like to bring to Tweeters. As I
said there, I use electronic devices to a very limited extent; I don't have
an iPhone or anything like it, so I don't know anything about birding apps.
So I would be most grateful if any of you who use them could educate me a
bit. I assume that each app has some pictures/ paintings of NA birds, but
do they include essentially all NA species (excluding rare accidentals, I
assume), or only the most common, and how many pictures do they have? For
instance, do they generally include pictures showing geographic variation?
They include calls and songs, but do they give any variants or just one song
for each species? I assume they all include range maps. Do they include
info about migration routes or about times of migration? And what
information to help identify birds--for instance, a scheme for narrowing an
unknown to a category? And while we're at it, maybe some of you would
comment on any features you would like to see in an app that you don't have
at present.



Cheers and thanks to all,



Burt Guttman

The Evergreen State College

Olympia, WA 98505 <mailto:guttmanb at evergreen.edu>
guttmanb at evergreen.edu

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