BirdsEye
By Birds In The Hand, LLC
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Description
"Best invention for birding since binoculars"... Kenn Kaufman, Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America
"A landmark in birding"… John Fitzpatrick, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
★ ★ See more birds with BirdsEye ★ ★
You won't want to leave home without BirdsEye – it's like carrying thousands of local birding experts around in your pocket! BirdsEye works throughout the American Birding Association (ABA) area, which is the entire US and Canada excluding Hawaii.
Binoculars and field guides have long been the birder's primary tools. Binoculars help you get a better look at the bird. A field guide helps you identify it. But how do you know *where* to see those birds? Are you at the right place to see the birds you want to see? Could you be missing something interesting nearby? BirdsEye is the indispensable new tool that gives you the inside scoop about which birds are being seen and where.
Experienced birders see more birds not just because they're good at identifying them. They see more birds because they get to the right place at the right time! They know where to go because they're experienced.
BirdsEye guides *you* to your best birding opportunities by unleashing the collective wisdom of the thousands of local birding experts that contribute to eBird - the massive, real-time bird observation system run by the bird experts at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
✔ Find birds nearby
Discover which birds are actually being seen nearby. Get instant access to the local bird life – whether you are at home or on the road.
✔ Discover rare birds and unexpected sightings
Instantly see recent reports of truly rare birds throughout North America, as well as notable reports that are unexpected and significant locally.
✔ Find the birds you really want to see!
Looking for a special bird? BirdsEye can show you where any one of 857 North American species has been seen recently – and even give you directions.
✔ Find great birding places
Browse the map of 25,000 birding hotspots, and see which birds have been observed at each. You will always know where your best birding opportunities are.
✔ Powered by eBird
eBird at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology pulls in more than a million bird observations each month, contributed by thousands of birders and reviewed by local birding experts. Cornell's scientists use these to track bird distribution. BirdsEye uses them to help you see more birds.
✔ Beautiful Extras
For the 857 most observed North American birds, BirdsEye includes:
● Stunning photographs from the VIREO collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences.
● Over six hours of brilliant bird calls and song from the Macaulay Library of Sound.
● Personal insights from field guide author Kenn Kaufman on finding each bird.
✔ Works in the field
New observations are downloaded from eBird over the network and saved for offline use.
✔ Supports iPhone and iPod touch.
✔ Works in North America north of Mexico.
What's New in Version 1.5
Enhanced data updating on all devices.
Bug fix for crashes on iPod/iTouch running iOS3.
Better display on iPad, iPod and iTouch.
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Customer Reviews
Great App
I was critical of earlier versions of this app, but it has matured into an amazing tool that could revolutionize birding. Among birding apps, it is completely unique. It is primarily a tool to help you find birds you are looking for or to find places to go birding. It is entirely dependent on eBIrd for data and is very useful in areas where eBird is popular, less so in areas where it is not, but this is not the fault of the app. It helps you find birds reported to eBird in a variety of very useful ways. You can search and sort sightings to find what you are looking for, see them on a map and get driving directions. You can step off a plane in a new area and quickly see a list of your target birds with directions for finding them.
Although this app contains some information about each species of bird, including some unique and very high quality recordings, it is NOT a field guide. Get Sibley's app for that. As a tool for finding birds, there is nothing else like it. Also I am not sure it is useful for beginners who are not even sure what they are looking for, but for birders who know what they want to see this app will help them see it!
Fabulous
I use this app. I've had Birdseye since it first came out and find I go back to it again and again. It sorts by location or bird and is an invaluable tool for finding birds in any area. Let's say I want to know what birds have been sighted at the Bosque del Apache in the last 30 days (as submitted by citizen science to eBird). I just go to the Bosque del Apache hotspot-- and there I will find the list of birds that have been sighted and therefore, that I'm likely to see! I like this app.
Thanks for enhancing the IPad display!
Worth The Price
Comparing this app to a heavy birding book, a device that plays calls, and subscribing to a service that tells where the best birds are, makes this app a bargain. It works well and has the best info. Plus some of the money goes to good research sources. Get it!
- $19.99
- Category: Reference
- Updated: Jan 11, 2012
- Version: 1.5
- Size: 253 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Birds in the Hand, LLC
- © Birds in the Hand, LLC
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1 or later
