Audubon Bird Guide

Name: Audubon Bird Guide
Rating: 4.27927 (4236 reviews)

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User Reviews for Audubon Bird Guide

So why did you change it?

Update: 5/4/18 Despite the updates to the major format change, it’s still pretty much unusable. Serious Q; why did you change it? I’m sure many of your long time users would be willing to give you useful feedback. I bought this app a few years ago. As a novice birder, I was taught that in order to identify a bird, it helps to see what birds are in your area at that time. With the previous version of this app, It was so easy to find ‘Birds Near You’ or ‘Notable & Rare’ sightings. It was easy to click on a bird and find ‘descriptions’, ‘sounds’, and ‘sightings’. These are all gone, or at the least VERY hard to locate. If I am able to figure out what I’m possibly seeing, I have to get out of that screen and go find it elsewhere in order to see a picture or hear sound. By then the bird is gone... and oh well, too bad! Basically, it no longer intuitive like it was before. Of ALL the apps I have, this was the one I used the most. Now...well, I’m really sorry to say, it’s the most frustrating.

AZCatherine, May 04, 2018

Don't update, NatureShare users!

This latest update, late March 2018, removes all the features I loved about my NatureShare app - adding favorites, commenting, exploring the latest posts across the USA - gone without so much as a warning (the blurb says some of the community features have been suspended - read all). To cap it all, my photos have the wrong aspect ratio and cut off the head of the bird - something I can't edit. AND, if I want to edit the location, the app freezes. That, and the fact that I am only allowed to post one photo per sighting, makes this update a terrible mess. So Audubon developers, please hurry up and roll out an update with these fixes. You really shouldn't have offered this update until the app was good and ready. Shame on you!The good news is that I was able to download the Central Park Audubon app which still gives users full access to the NatureShare community and features. I applaud the effort to merge NatureShare with eBird but please enhance the Audubon app to incorporate the wonderful NatureShare community features we know and love. eBird is so dry and dull by comparison.

Birder_Novice, Mar 31, 2018

Wish I hadn’t updated

This is my primary bird field guide, and I like it better than iBird which my husband uses. But, I’m really disappointed that I updated to the most recent version. When using the field guide, having the ability to sort on last or first “name” was a really important feature, and I miss it a lot. For example, looking at the Ducks & Geese family, you could sort by last, and all the geese would be together and all the ducks would be together. Unfortunately the app isn’t as functional as a field guide anymore. I would rather browse than search.Also, when you’re exploring sightings they’re no longer linked to the species guide. So if you see that someone saw a Northern Goshawk close to you, and you wanted to learn more about that bird you have to click over to the field guide and navigate to it. Or search for it. Very kludgy.

blankblankblank3000, Apr 25, 2018

Love the App, but it has glitches

I just started using the this app and really like it. I have been collecting my bird sightings for 30 years in a book which I will continue to do, but the app allows me to enter my photos as well. There is a glitch however, when it comes to entering the date; at first it let me enter the date with no problems, but after 30 entries it won’t let me enter any dates. The only dates it shows are for future dates (ie 2021...). So, I started entering the date of my sightings in the notes section, which is useless when it comes to searching. I even tried deleting the app and reloading it and it still doesn’t work, not on my iPhone or iPad. Also, it would be nice if there was a way to enter the data on my computer and have it sync with the app.

efheinitz, Aug 14, 2020

So sad. Please bring back ability to see all nearby observations!!!

This update is making bird life miserable for me. I have been using this app for about 10 years. I am an avid birder and rely heavily on it for the bird info where you can search by your location and pull up all the birds in your location that have been reported. Now you can only search by Hotspots and it only shows you daily lists, which are incredibly incomplete. I just went on vacation to Austin, Texas. I have never been there and tried to figure out what birds I had the potential of seeing. This new app version was completely useless. It kind of made me want to cry because I couldn’t figure out what birds were around me. Sooooo frustrating! I went to hotspots and the format for that was nearly useless. Why did you take this feature away after 10 years? Now it’s the beginning of migration season up here in New York and I have no way to know what’s coming in. The hotspots don’t help because they are so specific to that area, it won’t apply to where I live and bird. Please bring that feature back ASAP before it ruins the migration season we wait all year for.

ellemc2, Apr 26, 2018

An Amazing app

I love this app, I am a (Hunter) Falconer of Falconry. And it truly helps me locate places where to find my birds of prey AKA Raptors around the world no matter where I am. I just began using it and it’s amazing how it gives you the time and days also shows Hotspots where they mostly are seen. I would always use it when I need help finding any raptors for Falconry. I would definitely recommend it to other Falconers but I will say also “It isn’t for everyone” Different people will have different tastes for apps and also Falconry isn’t meant for everyone. It truly helps locate any bird anywhere but remember they are “LIVING CREATURES” and they will eventually move to a new location and that goes for all birds. I will probably always use it if I need information to locate the best spots where they were last seen. Give it a try Falconers and I also recommend Bird watchers too.

Falconry-Guy, Oct 21, 2022

My Favorite App

This app is easily my most used besides Safari. I love the explore feature; it’s given me so many tips on where to find great birding spots in my area (and great hiking too!) It also helps me know which birds to watch out for when traveling. After choosing a spot, I can study all of its recently seen birds and brush up on their calls in just one or two clicks. (Plus, there are often three or more different sound samples for variety, and most all common noises a species makes are included.) I keep my life list here and though I am relatively new to birding, I’ve added almost 60 new birds to my life list in the two years I’ve had this on my phone! It’s a great tool to improve birding skills, and I’ve definitely become a better birder since I downloaded this.More to love: 1) It’s free!2) You can download a “field guide” of bird information to ID without Wifi - a lifesaver for No Service or data-saving birding 3) You can set alarms to tell you when certain birds are seen in an area. I live in the north, so I have one set for snowy owls!4) If you see something unfamiliar, the app can help you narrow down your choices based on characteristics like state, time of year, size, color, shape, voice, flight pattern, tail shape, habitat, and wing shape. Very helpful.If you’re on the fence, please try this app. I can’t recommend it enough!

Intermediate Birder, Sep 02, 2021

Amazing app

UPDATE: I love the app, but both my wife and I *hate* the new interface! 😡 Whatever Audubon paid to have this app redesigned, they lost big-time. The new interface REQUIRES you to create an account, and it's almost impossible to easily find what you're looking for. Dropping my earlier 5-star rating to a generous 2 stars. This reeks. My wife and I have never been "bird watchers", but since being able to enjoy our morning coffee outside every morning, we've taken to really enjoying the busy company of our feathered friends. I downloaded this app to help identify the calls, and WOW! this app is terrific. It helps identify the multitude of calls, shapes, colors, regions, etc, and has really opened up our appreciation and knowledge. To cap it off: We were trying to confirm a Carolina Wren on our patio this morning; I opened the app and started playing the different calls of the Carolina Wren, and the next thing we knew, this little guy had braved hopping right up next to where we were sitting, trying to locate where the calls were coming from! I silenced my phone momentarily, and he flew a few feet away, but as soon as I started the calls back up, here he came again, trying to find his invisible friend! That alone is enough to merit a 5-star rating for this incredible app. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

iShubes, Apr 27, 2018

Ridiculous!

I paid for this app and the latest update is with out a doubt the absolute worst update ever! It is the biggest mess ever! Terribly confusing to say the least! Not easy at all to navigate. Had I not paid fir this it would be deleted! I can not believe the powers that be, actually thought this was an improvement! It was so easy before this update! All you had to do was go to the contents/legend and click on what you wanted to find! This new and improved version is just horrible. I seriously doubt I will ever use it again! It would be nice if this app went back to the way it was! If it isn't broken...don't fix it! Maybe just maybe that since this app has to be paid for that a full account of what improvements and changes were to occur, could be sent to all who own this app, asking for opinions on the potential changes and then take a vote if the change us actually needed, or wanted! That would be a common curtesy for the people who paid fir this app!

Morbis59, Apr 03, 2018

Big improvement

New review: two years ago this was one of the worst examples of how to build a field guide to birds app. Today, with its major make over, its stands out as an big improvement. My main negative comments remain the fact that there only photos (unlike Sibley which uses multiple drawings and iBird which is the only app with both drawings and photos.) Plus the photos can’t be zoomed larger to see more details. Further there are no field mark layers (unlike iBird) and few photos of females and juveniles. On the positive side the content is much deeper and the range maps a big improvement (tho they also can’t be zoomed). Songs are about the same; meaning too few and no details on where they where recorded. Previous review:When the app became free I thought it bring a lot of new features. And with a name like Audubon I had high expectations. But I discovered that the Audubon organization had nothing to do with creating this app. In fact most Audubon members loath it and use iBird or Sibley.Natureserve is way too hard to use. Why won't it find my location? Instead I have to always drag the pin from somewhere back east. This feature could do so much more. But entire interface is just not well designed like National Geo or iBird.

naturefaith, Apr 01, 2018

Description

The Audubon Bird Guide is a free and complete field guide to over 800 species of North American birds, right in your pocket. Built for all experience levels, it will help you identify the birds around you, keep track of the birds you’ve seen, and get outside to find new birds near you. With over 2 million downloads to date, it is one of the best and most trusted field guides for North American birds.

KEY FEATURES: ALL-NEW: BIRD ID It's now easier than ever to identify a bird you just saw. Enter all you were able to observe—what color was it? How big? What did its tail look like?—and Bird ID will narrow down a list of possible matches for your location and date in real time. LEARN ABOUT THE BIRDS YOU LOVE Our field guide features over 3,000 photos, over eight hours of audio clips of songs and calls, multi-season range maps, and in-depth text by leading North American bird expert Kenn Kaufman. KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE BIRDS YOU SEE With our completely redesigned Sightings feature, you can keep a record of every bird you encounter, whether you're hiking, sitting on the porch, or simply catching a glimpse of birds out the window. We'll even keep an updated life list for you. EXPLORE THE BIRDS AROUND YOU See where the birds are with nearby birding hotspots and real-time sightings from eBird. SHARE PHOTOS Post your photos to the Photo Feed so other Audubon Bird Guide users can see your best bird shots. GET INVOLVED WITH AUDUBON Keep up with the latest news from the world of birds, science, and conservation. Find an Audubon location near you to go birding. Or see where your voice is needed and take action to protect birds and the places they need, right from your app. FOR NATURESHARE USERS: Once you log in with your NatureShare account, your sightings and photos will migrate with you into the new app. This is a one-time process. If something doesn’t look right, don’t worry—all of your data is untouched, safe, and secure. Have any questions or need help? Contact us at [email protected] About Audubon: The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Audubon’s state programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, Audubon’s vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive.