[cayugabirds-l] Audubon app $1
One of my deal sites just alerted me that for a short (indeterminate) time, both the Apple iTunes Store and the Android (Amazon AppStore) have the Audubon Birds app for $1 instead of $20. I have not used it yet, but for $1 will get it. It claims to have an eBird tie-in. Maybe someone can elaborate on that. ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Audubon app $1
I got the Audubon Birds App for my Nook Tablet after Linda Orkin recommended it. With nothing to compare it to, because I don't have a smart phone to put an App on, I like it and use it a lot. Many of the bird sounds are loud enough and the photos (usually at least 4 different ones) are usually pretty good. It has range maps, sounds, descriptions and similar species lists. The only thing I don't like is when I want to add a bird to the Life List section, it doesn't automatically put the bird I am on into the Life List; I have to type it in. Whine. I paid $15 when I bought mine 2 months ago. It is from Green Mountain Digital, but sold at Barnes and Noble who handles Nook products. Donna Scott - Original Message - From: Chris Pelkie To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:10 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Audubon app $1 One of my deal sites just alerted me that for a short (indeterminate) time, both the Apple iTunes Store and the Android (Amazon AppStore) have the Audubon Birds app for $1 instead of $20. I have not used it yet, but for $1 will get it. It claims to have an eBird tie-in. Maybe someone can elaborate on that. ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Audubon app $1
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Chris Pelkie chris.pel...@cornell.edu wrote: One of my deal sites just alerted me that for a short (indeterminate) time, both the Apple iTunes Store and the Android (Amazon AppStore) have the Audubon Birds app for $1 instead of $20. I have not used it yet, but for $1 will get it. It claims to have an eBird tie-in. Maybe someone can elaborate on that. The Audubon app interfaces with eBird data for locating birds (Find Nearby Birds, Locate a Bird, Notable and Rare, Find Hotspot), in a way that's virtually identical to BirdsEye, even down to the little bird pushpin icon on Google Maps. Great to know that it's there, but not a feature I happen to use much, so I can't comment on its stability, etc. It doesn't interface with the data entry aspect of eBird, however (the fairly new BirdLog is the only one that does, I believe). The Audubon app has the same rich collection of sounds as Sibley's and BirdTunes, so this is a good choice if you want to learn songs (what birdir doesn't :-D). The others -- iBird, Peterson, NatGeo, BirdsEye -- have much more limited sound collections. Audubon also seems to be getting updated with some frequency, so it's reasonable to expect enhancements in the future (the eBird integration was a fairly recent addition; who knows, they may add support for eBird data entry soon). FYI, iBird seems to be updated most frequently (with new illustrations, etc.); the other apps not as much if at all. One interesting datapoint to gauge the rate of updates: Audubon's is the only one among the major apps that has adopted the name Common Gallinule, although the descriptive prose still uses Common Moorhen. A second point of reference: Audubon and Sibley are the only two apps that have Pacific Wren. Suan ... who continues to drag his feet with the mobile birding app review he keeps meaning to write. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
