We are pleased to announce that the eBird-based BirdsEye app is now available for Android. BirdsEye is designed to make eBird data more accessible from smartphones. We find that it is especially useful for planning birding trips. It can show a list of birds from eBird for any location on earth, and display maps of recent eBird sightings for any species. BirdsEye syncs with your eBird life or year lists so it can display a list of target birds. It also provides bar charts of seasonal abundance for each location. BirdsEye for Android is available as a free download with optional in-app purchases. The free version provides access to the 50 most common birds for any location on earth, which makes it a great tool for beginning eBirders who want to focus on the birds that they are most likely to see, either at home or on a trip overseas. More advanced birders may choose to unlock larger lists of birds or packages of bird sounds through in-app purchases. A free version of BirdsEye for iOS will be available before Christmas. Download the free version and give it a test drive: iOS App Store or Google Play Store.
The popular eBird-based BirdsEye app is now available for Android.
BirdsEye is designed to make eBird data accessible from your smartphone. BirdsEye gives you
- Lists of birds reported near you, or any spot on earth, for any radius you choose up to 50 miles or kilometers
- Bar charts of seasonal abundance for any location
- Automatically syncs your eBird life or year list for any major region, country, state or even county
- List of needs or target birds for any location
- Maps of recent eBird sightings for any species, anywhere on earth
- Photos, text, and sounds (Note: some sounds require an additional purchase)
BirdsEye is especially useful for planning trips. You can easily see what species are expected when you are planning to visit and you can keep track of the birds you still need to see as your trip progresses … assuming of course that you are entering all of your sightings into eBird!
The BirdsEye mission is to promote bird science and conservation by fostering interest in citizen science, especially the eBird project. “Android is the dominant platform among younger birders and in many countries outside the US. We hope that BirdsEye for Android will help more of these Android using birders engage with eBird on a daily basis” said Dr. David Bell, developer of BirdsEye.
BirdsEye is available as a free for Android with optional in-app purchases. (A free version of BirdsEye for iOS will be available before Christmas.) The free version provides access to the 50 most common birds for any location on earth, which makes it a great tool for beginning eBirders who want to focus on the birds that they are most likely to see. More advanced birders may choose to unlock larger lists of birds or packages of bird sounds through in-app purchases. These purchases help to support ongoing upgrades and improvements to BirdsEye.
BirdsEye for iOS has been featured widely in the press, including the New York Times, Scientific American and Birding Magazine. Contact Birds in the Hand if you are interested in receiving free or reduced-cost copies of BirdsEye for use for non-profit or educational purposes.
For more information please email David Bell or visit the BirdsEye website.