Apps

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

The eBird mobile app for iOS now offers the ability to record 'tracks' to map and measure precisely where eBirding is done.

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

New Tool Allows Users to Explore Mountains Worldwide

A new tool that gives users the most detailed view yet of the world's mountains is now available from the U.S. Geological Service. And it's as close as your computer or cellphone.

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

eBird Android—Automatically Track Your Birding

eBird and the Cornell Lab or Ornithology announce that eBird Mobile for Android took a big step forward this week: the ability to keep 'tracks' of where its users spend time on eBird.

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Merlin Bird ID Launches for UK and Ireland

eBird and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology announce that the first Merlin application pack covering birds in Europe is now available for download.

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Birding Southeast Arizona App Available

A collaboration between the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory and the Tucson Audubon Society, the new Birding Southeast Arizona app covers 130 birding sites in six subregions, all vetted by local experts.

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Bird Song Identifier App ChirpOMatic Available in US

Unlike other bird song identifier apps currently available in the United States, ChirpOMatic does not require users to read a complicated manual, trim sound files, or understand sonograms.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Get a Custom List of Birds Nearby—New Merlin Update

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Merlin Bird ID app just added another much-requested feature: custom lists of likely birds for any location and date, powered by eBird sightings.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Warblr Birdsong ID App Set to Debut

The Warblr app, which recognizes and identifies birds by their song, will make its U.S. debut in June 2017 following a successful 2015 U.K. launch.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

The Hummingbird Migration Mobile Tracking App

Hummingbird Guide introduces its Hummingbird Migration Mobile App to follow the hummingbird migration and submit sightings from your smartphone to an Interactive Migration Map.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Song Sleuth iOS App Takes Flight

Song Sleuth (www.songsleuth.com), a groundbreaking app that turns your iOS device into a powerful and accurate bird song identifier, debuts on the iTunes Store.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

New Subaru Multimedia System Includes eBird App

ConsumerAffairs.com reports that Subaru has updated its Starlink infotainment system to include eight new apps, including Cornell Lab of Ornithology's eBird.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Merlin Bird Photo ID Mobile App Launches

Developed by Caltech and Cornell Tech computer vision researchers in partnership with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Merlin Bird Photo ID mobile app has been launched and, thanks to machine-learning technology, can identify hundreds of North American species it "sees" in photos.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The Birds of Denver

The City of Denver, in conjunction with Squarei Technologies in Fort Collins, has released a free app, The Denver Urban Birding Atlas.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Condor Country Mobile Game App Available This Week

Condor Country, launching this week for IOS and Android devices, is the first mobile game to simulate what it takes to recover an endangered species based on real-life conservation practices used by the California Condor Recovery Program.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

New Version of eBird Mobile Available For IOS, Android

The CornellLab of Ornithology announces the release of a new version of eBird Mobile (1.3) that allows users to note breeding and behavior codes in mobile checklists—available for free on both iOS and Android devices.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Merlin App Users Surpass 1 Million

It's been 2 1/2 years since the Cornell Lab of Ornithology launched its free bird identification app, Merlin, and today its users are using it nearly a million times monthly, logging 18 million identified birds each year.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Connecticut Audubon Mobile App for Stream Monitoring

The Connecticut Audubon Society has launched a new mobile app designed to help Connecticut residents – especially youngsters – evaluate the health of their local streams by finding and identifying the creatures that live in them.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

eBird is Mobile and Global—Android

Android users rejoice! eBird Mobile is now available for free in the Google Play store, complementing the iOS version of the app that was released earlier this year.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Audubon Launches Complete Field Guide App for North American Birds

The National Audubon Society has released an updated Audubon Birds Pro mobile app that includes an 821-species checklist from the American Ornithologists Union (AOU) and is the first time a complete field guide to North American birds is available for free mobile download.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Warblr App Recognizes Songs of 220 British Species

The developers of Warblr report it can recognize more than 220 species of British birds, and works particularly well for garden and woodland species.

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