BirdBeat - Birder's iField Notebook: Songbird Edition app for iPhone and iPad

Identifying birds just got easier...and a whole lot more fun!

BirdBeat™ Birder’s iField Notebook™ ~ a revolutionary portable field observation & ID tool ~ lets you quickly & accurately capture key visual info and field data about a bird to make a positive species identification.

World-renowned birding experts agree – the best way to learn about birds and become a better birder is by using your eyes, sketching what you see, and taking great field notes.

BirdBeat helps you do that swiftly and with ease – whether or not you can draw. Just record and save color & pattern markings and other field data on a BirdBeat preformatted topography template – then go back to birding!

Later, you can match your BirdBeat iField Sketch™ to your digital or hard copy field guide of choice, and share them with friends to help you ID your sightings.


WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

“Really direct, extremely useful. I definitely felt like I could use it without a whole lot of training.” - Shannon F. (Portland, OR)

“This is the most unique app I’ve ever seen. It’s going to be huge!” ~ Jose B. (Vista, CA)

“Birders are going to LOVE this!” ~ Andy S. (Austin, TX)

“It’s fun! I got so caught up in the coloring of one of my life birds (Rock Wren).” ~ Maueve H. (Gainesville, VA)

“I’m not even a birder but after using BirdBeat, I find myself paying more attention to the birds around my home and wanting to paint them with my app.” ~ Colleen K. (San Diego, CA)


BirdBeat – Birder’s iField Notebook: Songbird Edition is the first in an upcoming series of apps that will allow you to create iField Sketches and record field data for all North American Birds. Future BirdBeat releases include Backyard Birds, Waterfowl, Birds of Prey, Shorebirds/Marsh Birds, Wading Birds, Seabirds, Game Birds, and a Premium North American Birds Edition that will include a predictive search database.


FEATURES:

Preformatted bird templates to record color, pattern markings and field data about your sightings of 300+ North American Songbirds. *

Check box selections of Environmental and Behavioral info to capture critical field data FAST and an option to jot your own notes for everything else.

Use built-in GPS from your device to capture the location of your sightings.

Quick Check checklist of key pattern markings to trigger memory for updating or finishing iField Sketches later

Share your iField Sketches by uploading to Facebook and emailing them to friends.

Pinch & zoom to focus and work on specific areas of your iField Sketch.

Screen lock feature to move template around and avoid unintended coloring.

iField Sketches can be as simple or as elaborate as you choose to make them

Saved iField Sketches and their data are stored in “My iField Notebook”

Your color palettes saved with each iField Sketch for convenient use in later editing


*BirdBeat Birder’s iField Notebook: Songbird Edition topography templates will suit the following Songbirds: Flycatchers, Vireos, Jays, Chickadees, Titmice, Wrens, Thrashers, Thrushes, Finches, Warblers, Orioles, Blackbirds, Sparrows, Tanagers, Cardinals, Larks, Pipits/Wagtails, Waxwings