Bird apps, the future of ornithology
Scott Schmidley
Issue date: 4/7/10 Section: Outdoors
The quality of sound emitted on many of these applications' bird call functions is extraordinarily high. So high in fact that companies like Wildsight urge their users to exercise caution while using their software in the wild as not to have a negative effects on the birds.
Currently, the Wildtones apps and the iBird run exclusively on iPhone and iPod Touch. "There is iBird development in the works for Android. From a development perspective, there is a little more variety in hardware, so it will be a little more difficult," Hall said.
But for Apple's app regulars, the iBird's cost structure is laid out by region, allowing users to choose a package relevant to their location.
Cost-friendly consumers should get excited about the "iBird Explorer 15," a free application from iBird providing the 15 most common birds in North America.
Wildtones offers several apps at $2.99 a piece, including Backyard Birds. Released in December 2008, it was the first app of a major published field guide to be available on iPhone. Also available for $2.99 are Wildtones' Birds of Prey and Warblers applications.
Whatever bird identification app users choose will be sure to simplify the bird watching process, finally allowing you to classify what is perched on your maple.
Currently, the Wildtones apps and the iBird run exclusively on iPhone and iPod Touch. "There is iBird development in the works for Android. From a development perspective, there is a little more variety in hardware, so it will be a little more difficult," Hall said.
But for Apple's app regulars, the iBird's cost structure is laid out by region, allowing users to choose a package relevant to their location.
Cost-friendly consumers should get excited about the "iBird Explorer 15," a free application from iBird providing the 15 most common birds in North America.
Wildtones offers several apps at $2.99 a piece, including Backyard Birds. Released in December 2008, it was the first app of a major published field guide to be available on iPhone. Also available for $2.99 are Wildtones' Birds of Prey and Warblers applications.
Whatever bird identification app users choose will be sure to simplify the bird watching process, finally allowing you to classify what is perched on your maple.
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