[Nfb-science] Fwd: June 7 Birding by Ear and Beyond

[Mike Freeman]

Sounds like it was a great outing.

For those who are interested in birding and use an iPhone, I recommend the iBird series of apps from the App Store. While the most comprehensive, iBird Ultimate, isn't cheap $25 or so), it's fully accessible using VoiceOver. Although the menu structure is a bit complex, it works very, very well and the sound recordings of the birds (some 940 species in all that we encounter in North America) are *wonderful!* And although those of us with little or no vision can't see the photos, I'm told they're also great and there are good descriptions of many of the birds.

And iBurd Ultimate has a "birds Around Me" search setting that allows either address entry or use of the iPhone's GPS to limit searches to species one encounters within a given radius (this can be set) of one's location.

I admit this is expensive for an app but it's worth it. And there are versions of iBird with less features that run from free (including "backyard birds" to the full deal at $25.

Well worth it.

Happy birding.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-science [mailto:nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Johnson via Nfb-science
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 12:05 PM
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Subject: [Nfb-science] Fwd: June 7 Birding by Ear and Beyond

Group,

A few weeks back someone posted to the list about opportunities in the natural sciences.  I saw the following post and was reminded of that thread.

Best,

Patrick

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Donna Posont via nfbmi-talk <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:08:41 -0400
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] June 7 Birding by Ear and Beyond
To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org

Join us June 7, 2014 for a once a year chance to experience the noisy
   nesting Michigan birds who have chosen to set up their territorial home at the University of Michigan-Dearborn natural area. This habitat which formerly served as the home farm for Henry and Clara Ford continues to function as a rich and diverse sanctuary where many returning migratory birds as well as year round bird residents have chosen to settle for the summer and raise their families in their quest to reproduce their species. It would not be unusual for us to experience over fifty species of Michigan birds as we travel the trails of the natural area around the University of Michigan-Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center on this Saturday morning in June.
Please consider joining us as we involve ourselves in Sensing Nature’s Beauty.
To obtain more information please contact Donna Posont at 313-220-8140 or check us out on the University of Michigan-Dearborn web site through the Environmental Interpretive Center. Hopefully, see you Saturday 10-noon at 4901 Evergreen Rd. Dearborn, Michigan.
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