Bird Id USA - backyard birds

My cat has a bird feeder on the window. And when he is looking out the window at the birds I go and see what the bird looks like. It's great to be able to put the description of the bird into the app and discover what kind of bird has been at the bird feeder. I enjoy this app and plan on using it more often now that I'm able to understand how to use it. When it says tick mark I wasn't sure what it meant. But now I know that it meant that the check mark.

I live in the Mark Twin forest. When we moved here I was determined to keep alive my sister's love of birds. She could identify all the birds that came to her feeder. I wanted to be able to do the same. I also wanted to identify their song when I couldn't see the bird. By checking out the birds I see in the area and listening to the recording, I finally matched the one I hear a lot when I am working in my garden. The Eastern Phoebe is the one who calls out over and over to me as I work.

Overall I love this app. It has come in handy on several hikes. Wish there were more birds in the app, would love a map of their distribution in the details section, and would like to see my sightings on the map (pin drops) instead of just a list.

This app is awesome. The guided menus make it so easy to filter down to the right bird based on size, color, wing bars, fail length etc. It gives you great pictures to confirm your selection. It also has general search capability, geographical ranges, bird call files etc. I definitely recommend. It's like an electronic Peterson's guide!

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This app has a terrible user experience with lots of tabs and unclear navigation. I kept hitting search, but turns out that's only if you already know the bird's name. You have to hit identification. There are a ton of selections for bird features which is nice but cumbersome Then when you hit search (which took a few tries cause i couldn't locate it- hint- it's in the top right and it's a check mark), it shows you birds from everywhere in America, not where you are. I live in LA, and my top match was from Maryland. My actual match was the 3rd one down, after 2 not from my region. The back button brings you to bird families, not back to your search. And you lose what you have previously selected and searched for. Really annoying. When when I did find it, the detail page was missing information I wanted, and there was no way to save it to my sightings.