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

[David Andrews]

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>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 To: NFB Science 
>and Engineering Division List 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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         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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