iBird for iPhone

Wow, it's been a while since I posted on this blog. :)

I recently purchased iBird for the iPhone (North edition) and I wanted to mention it here because it's a really neat little app. I looked up a few birds that I know are local to us, and it's fun listening to the song audio for those birds, and learning which of them is making the songs we hear every morning.

I saw a bird at the feeder that I didn't recognize yesterday, though, so I decided to try the search feature of the iBird app. I put in the size (small), primary color (brown), and secondary color(red), as well as the frequency with which I saw the bird in our yard. I was very impressed that the app returned a single search result - exactly the bird in question, a house finch.

The other outdoorsy app I have is the Geocaching app (btw, Geocaching just turned 10, happy birthday!). I haven't used this app yet, but I'm really looking forward to getting the kids involved with this hobby. More on that later.