Cornell Lab of Ornithology Apps
Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab 3.0
What's that bird? Merlin Bird ID helps yousolve the mystery in 5 questions, or with a photo of a bird.First, Merlin asks you a few simple questions. Then, almost likemagic, it reveals the list of birds that best match yourdescription. Pick your bird, then delve into more photos, sounds,and ID tips about your bird!If you have a photo, Merlin Photo ID is here to help. Take a photo,or choose one from your photo gallery, and Merlin will offer a listof birds that best match your photo.Merlin is fun and easy to use—whether you’re curious about a birdyou’ve seen once or you’re hoping to identify every bird that comesto your feeder. The answers are waiting for you with this free appfrom the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology.Features• Merlin Photo ID can identify your bird photo. Select your photo,tell Merlin where and when you took it, and you'll see a short listof suggested identifications.• Download bird packs containing the species of your region,reducing the app size.• Created for beginning and intermediate bird watchers, Merlinidentifies the 1,100 most common bird species of the continentalUnited States, Canada, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.• Explore birds by location and date with a list of speciesseen in the area.• Intelligent results. No more scanning through hundreds ofpossibilities! Merlin shows the birds near you that fit yourdescription.• Customized location and date tools generate best answers for yourneighborhood and time of year.• Powered by eBird to deliver the most accurate results based onmillions of sightings from bird watchers across NorthAmerica.• Enjoy more than 7,000 photos of birds, including males, females,and juveniles.• Learn ID tips from Cornell Lab of Ornithology experts.• Listen to the beautiful bird songs and calls from the MacaulayLibrary at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.• It’s all free! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s goal is to helpyou and millions of others to learn about birds.Merlin Bird ID currently includes Bird Pack downloads for theUnited States including: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, RockyMountains, Southwest, Texas and Oklahoma, Alaska, and West Coast.Canada is covered by Eastern Canada and Western Canada packs.Mexico packs include Yucatan Peninsula, and another for Oaxaca andChiapas. Central America Bird Packs include Guatemala andBelize.About Photo IDPowered by Visipedia, Merlin Photo ID uses computer visiontechnology to identify birds in photos. Merlin learns to recognizebird species based on training sets of hundreds of thousands ofphotos from birders at eBird.org. When using photo ID, enter thedate and location where you took the photo; those clues improveMerlin’s accuracy by helping it focus on the species you mostlikely encountered there.
Living Bird Magazine 20.0
Living Bird is an award-winning magazinefeaturing stunning bird photography and fascinating articles onbird biology, behavior, conservation, art, humor, and travel, andreviews of birding books and equipment. Published by the renownedCornell Lab of Ornithology.Living Bird magazine is produced quarterly for supportingmembers of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. If you are not a member,each in-app purchase gives you access to a single issue of yourchoice.About the Cornell Lab of OrnithologyThe Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a nonprofit, member-supportedorganization with the mission to interpret and conserve the earth’sbiological diversity through research, education, and citizenscience focused on birds.This application is powered by GTxcel, a leader in digitalpublishing technology, provider of hundreds of online digitalpublications and mobile magazine apps.
eBird by Cornell Lab 2.8.5
eBird Mobile makes it easy to record the birdsyou see in the field, and seamlessly link these observations witheBird--a global online database of bird records used by hundreds ofthousands of birders around the world. This free resource makes iteasy to keep track of what you see, while making your data openlyavailable for scientific research, education, and conservation.eBird Mobile is the only app that passes information directly fromthe Android device to your eBird account on the web.Features- Enter bird observations from any location around the world.- Full global taxonomy based on The Clements Checklist of Birds ofthe World.- Common names available in local languages (e.g., Portuguese namesin Brazil or in Portugal).- Checklists customized for your location and time of year, showingmost likely species based on eBird data.- Rare species flagged during data entry and on thechecklist.- "Record as you go" functionality for incremental list keeping andcounting while birding.- GPS enabled location plotting to ensure accuracy.- Map tools that enable selecting from hundreds of thousands ofeBird "Hotspots."- Full offline functionality, enabling use in places with limitedor no Internet connection.- Entire app translated to Bulgarian, Danish, German, Spanish,French, Croatian, Khmer, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese,Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), and Chinese(Traditional).
