Hello All - Suzanne and I are searching for an all-purpose birding application which we will run on laptop and desktop computers, and will likely load onto an IPod as well. Knowing many of you have investigated and bought software for yourselves, maybe you can offer recommendations.
Just speculating, I'd think the perfect software would include everything (illustrations, fields marks, data, distribution, etc.) in the National Geographic Guide and the Sibley Guide. It would also be great if the application included bird calls and variations such as we get from Stokes' Bird Sounds and the National Geo's Guide to Bird Sounds. Next I would want the record-keeping and bird-listing capabilities of an AVI-like program. And to make it all user-friendly I'd like to see a built-in, intuitive search engine that would keep species illustrations, songs, lists, etc cross-indexed so that we could bring them to the screen in a customized display. So much for daydreaming .. ~smile~ Can any of you recommend what is actually available? Maybe include some advice on what to look for and how to evaluate the program? Thank you in advance for all responses. Would you please send replies direct to me, [email protected]. - Edward L. ____________________________________________ mailto:[email protected]
