Merlin Bird ID
This free app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology will help you id bird photos, songs, or ask a series of questions if you don’t have a photo to help you identify birds. It’s free and fairly accurate.
eBird
This app helps you track what birds you see on your walk. It will even keep track of how far you walk and where you are. This is a great way to contribute to what we understand about bird distribution. You can also explore birds on the eBird website.
BirdsEye
This app helps you find what birds have been reported in your area. You can land in Vegas and find hot spot. You can get a general idea of the hotspots in your area and what people are seeing according to eBird.
SEEK
Want to identify a flower or insect without logging into iNaturalist? Want to let your kids report something to iNaturalist without creating an account alerting everyone to their whereabouts? This app is the best for that.
iTrack Wildlife
Curious about some tracks in the mud you found? May there was a pile of scat that has you intrigued? This app will help you identify what’s been moving through your yard.
Peterson Mammals
You can search for animals by track, skull or group. This app goes from mice to mammals. Oddly, the Peterson website says it’s not available yet but it’s been out for a year for both Android and iPhone.
Sibley App
This is the Sibley second edition and my favorite field guide app. You can do side by side comparisons of species and he updates the app with name changes and occasionally new illustrations. It’s a pricey app, but well worth it.
Audubon App
This is a great photographic field guide. You have to join the NatureShare community to use it. One of the cool search features is that you can look up a bird by the type of calls it gives. Did you hear a trill or a buzz? This app might help you ID birds by call. It’s also free.
Warbler Guide App
This app is dedicated to North American warblers and you can take a blank bird, color it in and they will attempt to ID it. They also have 3D models of birds that you can rotate around. But the app is worth the money strictly for the design editor fail that is the blackpoll warbler migration map.
Don’t see an app you remember from the class? You can always email me with questions.