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Best Droid Bird app?

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Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 14, 2012 at 12:21 AM
Suggestions, please, for the best DROID bird id/bird call app?

Thanks in advance -

Sandy
Posted by Sharon Lane on October 14, 2012 at 12:20 PM
I use iBird Pro for both ID and the occasional calling.
Posted by Richard Siggins on October 14, 2012 at 3:33 PM
I have the Audubon app. Seems to be pretty good but you only get limited functionality if you don't have a signal, which is when I need it.
Posted by Arne Myrabo on October 14, 2012 at 4:10 PM
+1 for iBird Pro (Mitch Waite). Once you have downloaded the database, you don't need a signal.
Posted by Marty Kramer on October 14, 2012 at 4:22 PM
I use multiple ID sources for sighting and listening. Just as artist renditions and photographs vary, the songs/calls available in each app varies as well...not to mention regional variations of the species, which Sibley provides, but lacking NW variations :(.
...so I have iBird Pro, Sibley, and Audubon. Just as i have collected multiple reference books, I have done the same with my electronic versions; which by the way are a lot lighter than the printed versions. I started with iBird Pro and over time acquired the others.
Either of these will certainly meet your needs.
Hope this helps, and good birding!
Posted by Tonia Graves on October 14, 2012 at 5:21 PM
I also use iBird Pro, and like it very much
Posted by Jenaya Launstein on October 14, 2012 at 11:35 PM
I second the iBird Pro! I think it is a lot better than Audubon Birds. I have used both on my iPad and preferred iBird. The reasons are; it's easier to navigate, you can add your sightings and enter the location (longitude and latitude), and they have calls for a ton of the birds!! It is also easily customizable for your personal tastes, and has a nicer overall look. Hope this helps! If you are not sure about iBird Pro they have a free version, but the bird selection is dramatically cut down!
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 15, 2012 at 12:16 AM
For others interested, iBird is on sale now (don't know for how long) for $4.99 inztead of $19.95

http://ibird.com/

I think I'll make a separate post too.

Sandy