Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones
For an Android phone, you have essentially five choices. They are laid out in this article. http://blog.nature.org/science/2013/05/27/boucher-bird-blog-apps-smart-birde r/ I own Audubon, Sibley and iBird Pro for my Android phone and I also use National Geographic on my iPad, along with the Warbler Guide - which is the slickest of any of the apps, but only deals with Warblers. I personally use iBird Pro most when out in the field. I find it organized the best. I also like the similar species feature, which is very helpful when trying to ID terns and flycatchers, etc. It seems to have the best or among the best of each features. The Peterson, despite having the name of the great guides, is pretty basic. Sibley is the most expensive. It has no photos, just illustrations. Sibley has the most songs and they are identified by where they were recorded because regional differences do exist in bird songs. Jeremy Powers -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of kbo...@frontiernet.net Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 10:32 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones I was just wondering if anyone knew a good app to my phone to use when I'm in the field. I'm looking for something that has pictures and sounds please. Mike Lehrke Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Android Apps and Vesper Sparrow water bathing
My recommendations are similar to Jeremy’s, except that I prefer the Sibley app. I use the Sibley Guide app often. It has looping sound tracts. It also has a variety of calls for each species. I no longer carry a bulky field guide into the field. If it is just sound you want, the tracts from the computer program, Thayer’s Birds of North America. It is great but expensive. The apps can be downloaded to your phone once you buy the program. Not as much variety within species, but the mp3 files seem to stop less often than those in the Sibley app. iBird Pro is good too, but I don’t use it much. BirdsEye is essential if you use eBird; and, of course, BirdLog if you are contributing to eBird. Hope this helps. By the way, my blog this morning shows a series of photos of a Vesper Sparrow water-bathing. (Apparently they usually dust-bathe.) http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota daner...@gmail.com http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com " the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ”—H. D. Thoreau Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones
I read the article about the apps and want to clarify one thing. I have iBird Pro7.2. The vocalizations now on the app include lots of variations from different parts of the country. One thing I like about the I Bird Pro is that they update all the time with new photos and vocalizations. The downside is that uses a lot of space. But it's my number one app. I use it every day. Sent from my iPhone > On May 30, 2015, at 10:32 PM, kbo...@frontiernet.net > wrote: > > I was just wondering if anyone knew a good app to my phone to use when I'm in > the field. I'm looking for something that has pictures and sounds please. > > > Mike Lehrke > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones
The numbering on iBird Pro is a little weird. For Android, the newest is 3.1.0. For IOS (iPhones and iPads) is 7.2.2. For IOS, the same company also offers iBird Ultimate. Jeremy -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Steven & Cynthia Broste Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 9:25 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones I read the article about the apps and want to clarify one thing. I have iBird Pro7.2. The vocalizations now on the app include lots of variations from different parts of the country. One thing I like about the I Bird Pro is that they update all the time with new photos and vocalizations. The downside is that uses a lot of space. But it's my number one app. I use it every day. Sent from my iPhone > On May 30, 2015, at 10:32 PM, kbo...@frontiernet.net wrote: > > I was just wondering if anyone knew a good app to my phone to use when I'm in the field. I'm looking for something that has pictures and sounds please. > > > Mike Lehrke > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] smart phone bird apps
I have used both, and prefer the Sibley. It costs $ but the set-up is nice and shows most, if not all, of the plumages that are seen in the printed guide. The sound recordings are great for field reference, but one should not play them loud enough to get a response... Holly Peirson Columbus, SE Anoka Co Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Afton State Park sightings (Washington County)
I had a great outing late this morning at Afton State Park (Washington County). The best bird was a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO cooing from the first ravine north of Trout Brook. I was also able to relocate the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER reported by Dale Trexel yesterday, which was singing out toward the river from the river trail, just south of the bridge that crosses Trout Brook. I also detected at least three HOODED WARBLERS, including a cooperative female who gave me excellent visuals. There were males singing from three different locations, though it is possible that one of them moved from where I heard it the first time. Another interesting find was a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH calling from behind the visitor center. They have been known to nest there in the past, but I hadn't detected any there yet this year, and I have never found them at that particular spot. Another highlight was two singing male SCARLET TANAGERS, one of which gave me pretty good looks. They are on territory there every year, both in the portion of the park near and just north of the visitor center (where I found them today), and on the Trout Brook Loop. Full eBird list is below. Pete Nichols Cottage Grove Washington County Afton SP, Washington, Minnesota, US May 31, 2015 10:18 AM - 12:38 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments:Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8 Drove main park road to visitor center (2 miles) and hiked approximately 2 miles. 45 species Canada Goose 3 Mallard 2 Wild Turkey 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1Heard cooing in the first ravine north of Trout Brook. Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 8 Eastern Kingbird 1 Red-eyed Vireo 9 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 7 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Tree Swallow 4 Cliff Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 15 Ovenbird 4 Blue-winged Warbler 3 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Hooded Warbler 3 Eastern Towhee 12 Chipping Sparrow 2 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 5 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 American Goldfinch 15 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones
I use Sibley all the time because of its vocalizations. The illustrations I really only use to show somebody else a bird. If I am going to need an illustration, I will go to one or two field guides. It has been well worth its cost. My only criticism of Sibley is that periodically it checks to see if you have a valid license. To do that it needs to connect to the grid. As serious bird watchers can wander off the grid, the ap has failed me on several occasions when I had no bars. I have really missed it when I have gone far off the grid for a while. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Jeremy Powers wrote: > The numbering on iBird Pro is a little weird. > > For Android, the newest is 3.1.0. For IOS (iPhones and iPads) is 7.2.2. > > For IOS, the same company also offers iBird Ultimate. > > Jeremy > > -Original Message- > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Steven & > Cynthia Broste > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 9:25 AM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Birding apps for android phones > > I read the article about the apps and want to clarify one thing. I have > iBird Pro7.2. The vocalizations now on the app include lots of variations > from different parts of the country. One thing I like about the I Bird > Pro > is that they update all the time with new photos and vocalizations. The > downside is that uses a lot of space. But it's my number one app. I use > it > every day. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 30, 2015, at 10:32 PM, kbo...@frontiernet.net > wrote: > > > > I was just wondering if anyone knew a good app to my phone to use when > I'm > in the field. I'm looking for something that has pictures and sounds > please. > > > > > > Mike Lehrke > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > > > > > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
