On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Chris Pelkie <[email protected]> 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.
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