Been real happy with the Sibley app. Kinda like having that familiar guide
right there on the phone, plus calls/songs and a few other things. Updates
are regular and nicely done - Mark

Mark Ahlness
mahlness at comcast.net
Seattle, WA

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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chris
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 4:58 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] RE: birding apps

> I find my iPhone an essential part of my birding equipment nowadays. No
longer do I need to carry several large field guides, I don't need to return
to the car to look up birdsong on a cd. I even use it to digiscope unusual
birds.
>
> I have tried a few different apps and have found the most useful to be the
Sibley field guide and BirdLog NA.
>
> I have always been a Sibley user. I love his books and art. This is all
that with the addition of sound and search features. I didn't enjoy the
ibird app, but I think it personal preference as with paper field guides.
>
> BirdLog NA is very useful. I can click away at my sightings as I go
without getting too distracted from the birds. Then with one click it goes
to ebird. Gone are the notebooks to carry (and get wet) and ages in front of
a computer at home uploading to ebird.
>
> Also available is BirdsEye. This allows you to look up interesting birds
reported to ebird. It uses your gps or you can enter a location. You can
give it your life list and it'll tell you of any "needs" in the area or you
can look up certain species. I haven't used this much but it did find me my
life Yellow-Billed Magpie in June.
>
> That's my input on the subject.
>
> Chris warlow
>
> Olympia
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