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This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad

Price: $19.99

Category: Reference

Updated: Dec 14, 2011

Version: 1.7.1

Size: 400 MB

Language: English

Seller: Cool Ideas LLC

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1 or later


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The Sibley eGuide to the Birds of North America by mydigitalearth.com

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Description

Now on Sale!!!
The most popular printed field guide to North American birds is now available in its entirety on the iPhone and iPad!

**If you would like to experience the app check out the newly released Sibley eGuide to the Birds of North America LITE which is FREE and includes 30 species.**

We have taken the simplicity and ease-of-use that you have enjoyed on your iPhone/iPod Touch and expanded and redesigned the layout (not simply stretching it) to take full advantage of the larger screen area of the iPad while still being the same app that runs on the iPhone/iPod Touch.

The Sibley Guide to Birds has become the most popular and fastest selling printed guide to birds as well as the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to North American Birds:
Over 6600 images.
Every species is shown perched and in flight from above and below.
Shows every major seasonal, age, and male/female variation.
Detailed coverage of subspecies and regional variations.
Detailed maps showing not just winter and summer range but also migration and rare occurrence.
Detailed descriptions of songs and calls, comparing similar species measurements of length, wingspan, and weight for every species.

Now all of that information is available in an easy-to-navigate portable format on the iPhone/iPad. In addition, this version of the app also includes:
Swipe to move to the next or previous species.
One-tap enlargement of images and rotating the device expands images further.
Over 2300 carefully-selected and edited sound recordings. Nearly all species are represented with multiple examples showing the range of vocalizations.
The ability to compare any two images, maps, or sounds, side by side on the screen.
The ability to filter by state/province, so that you see only the species likely to occur in your location, and to further reduce the possibilities to the most common birds in that area.
The ability to search by distinguishing features such as size, prominent colors, habits, and group.
A basic personal species list* that stores your sightings saved to the device with the ability to export the list using email or iTunes file sharing.

*Uninstalling/reinstalling the program will result in the loss of your list, it is recommended that you keep your own backup (master list) separate from the application.

We invite all users to share their comments and ideas on our forum at www.mydigitalearth.com

NB. This Application WILL ONLY work on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS V3.1 or higher NOT A NORMAL IPOD CLASSIC/NANO and the download is about 400MB.

What's New in Version 1.7.1

Fixed bug that caused only one image to be displayed on certain iOS 3 and 4 devices.
Fixed swapped images for Bullock's Oriole and Baltimore Oriole.

Customer Reviews

The best for illustrations (5 stars)
I've got Sibley, iBird, and Peterson. Sibley has the best illustrations and text related to identification, hands down. Peterson, on the other hand, shows the plates from their book, so you can see multiple species on one page - a better format for people who don't already know what they're looking for. But the Peterson guide doesn't include many different plumages. The Peterson guide is so darn hard to navigate - getting from a plate to

The Best! (5 stars)
Take the complaints on here with a grain of salt. All the complaints of bugs were true problems but the company was VERY quick to respond and fix the problem. This app is FANTASTIC! Sibley is the best for everyone but especially those really interested in learning to identify birds. There is no substitute for the identifying features provided in the illustrations of this field guide. Many people like actual photographs but they can not

Nice Guide, Pathetic Search (3 stars)
Yes, this app is better than the book! The illustrations are excellent and so are the bird song recordings. However, the search tool is basically useless. I mean, seriously! Using color is a pretty basic function for searching for a bird and with this app there's not even an option to select brown as a color. You have got to be kidding! No gray either. The first time I tried to use the search tool was right after seeing a Northern Shrike. At

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