  This app is designed for both iPhone and iPadPrice: $2.99 Category: Reference Updated: May 24, 2012 Version: 2.0 Size: 738 MB Language: English Seller: Green Mountain Digital LLC Rated 4+ Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later. Customer Ratings Current Version (63 Ratings) All Versions (901 Ratings)  |
DescriptionThe award winning, must-have bird guide.Now including 49 new species and field marks for over 650 birds. Audubon Birds, featuring 819 birds, now includes associated field marks for over 650 birds with more to be added in future updates. Forty-nine new species, (including 18 free flying parrots and parakeets and new vagrants now regularly seen in North America), have been added to the app. Features: Incorporates eBird technology to locate birds in real time, with quick access to recent sightings, locations of notable and rare birds, and maps and directions to all the birding hotspots across North America. Associates Field Marks for over 650 images to help with field identification Includes Thousands of high definition images detail each species with extraordinary clarity. Includes multiple images of each species in their natural habitat by gender, age, and seasonal plumage variations Contains over eight hours of audio from the best audio field naturalists in North America In-depth descriptions of every species, with authoritative information on appearance, habitat, behavior, and much more Useful Journal feature allows you to track and annotate your personal sightings by location, and share with friends by email or Facebook. Advanced Search options to search by color, region, shape and more. Audubon Birds is your essential guide to the birds of North America. Featuring 819 species of the US and Canada, this guide includes the most complete information available on identification, habitat, range, nesting, mating, migration, endangered status and more. "Find Birds with eBird" lets you locate birds in real time. Now find the birds around you, find birding hot spots, and search for rare birds with the app that is so advanced its actually simple! Audubon Birds puts the power of eBird in the palm of your hand. Brian Sullivan, eBird project leader Now every birder can have the equivalent of a rare bird alert and comprehensive field guide wrapped into a single mobile app. - Gary Langham, vice president and chief scientist for Audubon Instead of the hefty field guides, the apps give the nature photographer a very portable and lightweight library of natural history information. Outdoor Photographer, May 2012 2011 APPY Award Finalist The "Appy Awards" ...honoring the best apps - MediaPost Communications, February, 2011 Audubon Birds is an excellent field guide and an exciting new tool for bird watchers. PCWorld, December 2010 About Audubon Guides Audubon Guides are a comprehensive suite of digital field apps combining smart phone technology with the authoritative information from the National Audubon Society (NAS). All Apps are created in alliance with NAS. For more information, please see: http://www.audubon.org/. About the Developer Green Mountain Digital is an innovative digital media publisher specializing in an outdoor oriented product line. The company was created in 2009 in Woodstock, Vermont, to introduce the wonders of nature, the outdoors, and wildlife to users of all ages. The apps have expanded the experience of technology and accessible information by fostering a global community based upon the idea of sharing information, education, and an active lifestyle. Green Mountain Digital is in partnership with NAS, Orvis, and Gardeners Supply CO. What's New in Version 2.0• 49 New Species including brilliant new images• New Field Marks in images help to identify specific features of birds • Find Birds with eBird! Now you can locate birds in real time with: --- Quick access to recent sightings --- Locations of notable and rare birds --- Maps and directions to all the birding hotspots across North America • Now share observations with friends directly from the app by email or Facebook • Improved interface & performance • Updated Thumbnails and Silhouettes to support higher resolutions for easier identification Customer ReviewsExcellent (5 stars)One of only a few non business related apps I own. Large app but well worth the memory space required. Keeps getting better (5 stars) Always by my side when I go birding - both to help me track my lists and inform me when I see something new. Indispensable. Great improvements, great tool (5 stars) Addition of the callouts for field marks was just brilliant. And the ability to make them appear and disappearsmart. Packed with information, ability to find birds wherever you are via the incredible eBird database, I can't believe this app doesn't cost a whole lot more. One person complained about update to 2.0. I updated without flaw using Wifi. Another complained about poor graphics and UI. What? The photos are spectacular, t
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