You might want to check out the National Geographic Handheld Guide to Birds. It's a National Geo Guide on a Palm Pilot. The best part is that almost every single bird has calls and songs. It's the most complete audio collection I've ever found. I beta tested one last winter and just loved it. There are maps, natural history notes, you name it. You can even take field notes with it and it fits easily in a pocket. The software is made by PullUin Software.
Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN www.birdchick.com Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com On Jun 5, 2006, at 2:17 PM, Falcon wrote: > 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] > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
