High Tech Bird Watching
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I love electronics and I love Bird watching so when I discovered this great little high tech piece of bird watching equipment I had to have it! If you are in to technology or even if your not you have got to see this.
Do you keep a birding diary? Do you have a guide that you write all of your bird sightings in? I do and then I come home and publish them here for the world to see!
This great little tool will make writing all of this information down obsolete. A handheld PDA device with bird watching software that will store all of your sightings and much, much more!
If your not into technology then you might be wondering just what a PDA is? According to techweb.com, a PDA is : A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks.
Handheld computer? Sounds complicated and expensive. NOPE and NOPE.
National Geographic has an incredible Birding software package that costs $99.00 In order to use this software you must have a PDA. I will explain that in a bit but first let’s get back to the software. Here is what it does.
National Geographic Handheld Birds is the first North American mobile interactive field guide for PDA for birders of all levels. Completely user-friendly, you will instantly transform your birding outings into vibrant, expertly guided adventures with amazing features only National Geographic can deliver.
Use National Geographic Handheld Birds’ eBird checklist to store bird sighting data, download it to your desktop computer and upload it to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and participate in their Citizen Science Research Project!
To me that one option is priceless!
- More than 1,600 bird images
- More than 650 range maps
- Detailed bird information from our best selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America
- Nearly 4 hours of premium quality song and call playback from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Comprehensive, searchable database of 867 North American birds
- Quickly and easily compare and contrast unique bird characteristics
- eBird checklists to record and retrieve detailed sighting information
Here are some images of the software in use!
Do you see the play button on that screen? That’s right it can play actual bird calls!
Great descriptions on every bird in the database!
867 North American birds
Pictures of all the birds in the database!
You can get this cool birding software for $99.95 here :
Now what if don’t have a PDA to use this software with? Well you can buy it bundled with a PDA for around $400.00.
National Geographic Handheld Birds PDA
Now me personally, I like to look for deals. Call me cheap, I don’t care if I can save a buck I will. One of the best places to find great deal is on Ebay. I use Ebay all of the time and I have gotten some absolute steals! I did a little research and you can find a PDA that will run this great birding software package on Ebay for considerably less. Here is the actual model that they list for the software as found on Ebay! Look at these great prices.
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Palm Pilot Tungsten E2 PDA 256 mb |
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Palm Pilot Tungsten E2 |
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PALM TUNGSTEN E2 PDA PALM PILOT NO RESERVE NR |
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Palm Tungsten E2 Palm Pilot PDA |
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PDA Tungsten E2 Palm Pilot w/ cords and software |
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PALM TUNGSTEN E2 HANDHELD COLOR PDA CRADLE KIT MINT FS! |
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Palm E2 |
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SILVER PALMONE TUNGSTEN E2 PALM PILOT PDA NR TESTED NR |
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Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld Palm Pilot Silver w/ case |
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Palm Tungsten E2 BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED, BUY IT NOW |
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Palm Pilot Tungsten E2 Handheld Pocket PC PDA |
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Color Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld PDA – Excellent Shape! |
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Color Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld PDA – Same Day Shipping |
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Great Blue Heron or Ardea herdias | Bird Watching - Backyard Birding - Bird habitats @ 1:36 pm
[...] In flight they will coil there very long necks into an s pattern and fly gracefully by. If you are close enough to the Great Blue Heron as it flies by you can actually hear the swoosh of it’s wings as they flap in the air! I recorded this sighting on my PDA. [...]