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.

A little while ago I wrote an article on a book that I got for Christmas. The book has over 200 bird songs that you can listen too! That is a great tool to have at home but when you are inthe field, nothing beats 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 :

National Geographic Bird SoftwareA breakthrough in birding technology.

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.

The Black Capped Chickadee or Poecile carolinensis isn’t one of the most seen birds in my back yard, so when they do show up I always try and get a few pictures with my digital camera.

These neat little birds always show up in my yard in pairs and they love to eat from my hanging feeders. In the picture below you can see why they have the small slits close to the feeder opening. It allows birds to hold on so they can feed. It amazes me that they know to do this.

For such a small bird they sure do have quite a personality always singing Chick – a – dee – dee – dee -dee. They are easy to hear before they come to the feeder. Their black cap and bib make them easy to spot as they flutter from tree to tree before swooping into the feeder. In addition to seeds these little bird like to eat moths, caterpillars and many other insects.

You wouldn’t want to disturb these little guys while they are incubating their eggs. They will hiss and strike at you like a snake!