Ipod, Iphone bird app

[desertbirds]

Not up to speed with the terminology or technology but WOW !!! What a useful tool for bird watching. Recently found Emu Wrens where they havent been sighted for years and what an amazing tool for getting kids interested in birds. My daughter,(9) had only a passing interest in birds and bird watching but now with her iphone and bird app shes really excited about what she can call in . We went out to get some termites on Sunday and had Splendid Wrens,Chestnut Rumped Thornbills and a juvenile Hooded Robin just metres away from us.Worth every penny.

[jusdeb]

Do you mean like a fish finder ?

More details please it sounds great .

[TheFinchMan101]

I would love to have an app like this, what's it called??

[jusdeb]

app ? come on palease .

Im guessing application , so is it a download thingy ? Does it run from the internet on any phone ?

[Nrg800]

The only apps I have found (Of which are worth downloading) which relate to birds are Birdsite (or maybe Birdsight), which is $2, I think, and it is useful for recording what you saw and where you saw it. The More practical one is the Morcombe field guide app, It is called Aus. Birds and it is basically the field-guide on your iPhone, but with the bird calls and some more interactive features. This one, unfortunately this costs around $34... But it is great.

What they have begun to do in America is to make an app for the more popular bird recording databases (Ebird for them, the equivalent for us would be Birdata), what they do is, assuming you have internet on your phone, after a search for species is made, it will connect to the database and download the most recent and nearest sightings, to which you can go to a location and try to find it...

Though I still think books are you best bet, so far..

[desertbirds]

Michael Morcombe, google it, like i said, i have no idea i just know its awesome !! Its also helping me with identifiying all the little brown jobs out here and their calls.


Thanks NRG , i thought you would be up on these things. For the others interested you can also get specific areas to narrow the search when your out bush. Some birds literally land on you they come so close, wrens, mistletoe birds,thornbills,robins are likely candidates for a very close encounter.

[Nrg800]

http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/arc ... 00321.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This thread has some very good information!

[TheFinchMan101]

Whoop whoop found it, $31.99 hey...... Ill have to do a bit of convincing for mum to get me that one...

[Nrg800]

The Book costs $45 and the Calls (if you get the proper BOCA ones) cost $90... So much cheaper than getting them... Or just pay for it yourself... I tried both of those, and I have to say, the latter worked best!

[west finch]

Just found it on Android market for $27.89