Daveg22152
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IBird Pro vs Sibley Birds 2nd Edition (North America)
I’m considering one or the other and want to ask if either of these have the ability to create customized watch lists for individual trips. For example, I’m going to the Thousand Islands in a few weeks and I’d like to have a short list of the unique birds that I might encounter up there as part of a reference package for easier identification.
iBird has a “Birds Around Me” add-in and a separate Journal App that each require additional $$ and I’m reluctant to pay piecemeal only to find they don’t provide what I need.
Sibley gets good reviews on this forum, but they don’t have a “Lite” version to try out in advance. I hear they do have a list function, but I can’t find out any more about it.
I do have a copy of eBird on my phone and it does have the ability to create custom lists, but it doesn’t directly interface with any reference apps, so it’s a little clunky to work with. Also, eBird appears to draw its lists from other people's observations. That is useful on one hand because it corroborates what species are out there, on the other hand it's somewhat limited in that it relies on other people entering data in recent time.
I’d also be interested in any other suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Dave G.
I’m considering one or the other and want to ask if either of these have the ability to create customized watch lists for individual trips. For example, I’m going to the Thousand Islands in a few weeks and I’d like to have a short list of the unique birds that I might encounter up there as part of a reference package for easier identification.
iBird has a “Birds Around Me” add-in and a separate Journal App that each require additional $$ and I’m reluctant to pay piecemeal only to find they don’t provide what I need.
Sibley gets good reviews on this forum, but they don’t have a “Lite” version to try out in advance. I hear they do have a list function, but I can’t find out any more about it.
I do have a copy of eBird on my phone and it does have the ability to create custom lists, but it doesn’t directly interface with any reference apps, so it’s a little clunky to work with. Also, eBird appears to draw its lists from other people's observations. That is useful on one hand because it corroborates what species are out there, on the other hand it's somewhat limited in that it relies on other people entering data in recent time.
I’d also be interested in any other suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Dave G.
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