Wild About Birds! for iOS

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Do your kids ask questions about the birds in your backyard for which you wish you had the answers? Do you love feeding birds but wonder which...

Do your kids ask questions about the birds in your backyard for which you wish you had the answers? Do you love feeding birds but wonder which birds visit your feeders? Wild About Birds! is the app for you. Perfect for kids, families and beginning birders of any age, Wild About Birds! is loaded with 40 species of birds you would commonly find in backyards in the US and Canada. Taking a walk in the woods or near a lake or field? There are 3 more habitats you can buy in the app featuring 20+ new birds each to help you find out more about birds in other habitats. With an easy-to-use interface, beautiful bird calls, photos, range and identification info, youll soon become an expert on birds found in the U.S. and Canada. Kids (and adults!) will enjoy the cool, fun facts and bird identification game as well as the really fun way of keeping track of the birds youve seen with an interactive scrapbook. Wild About Birds! will quickly become a favorite app for the whole family. Search the list of available birds by common or Latin name, or by habitat.Each bird has 2 beautiful photos male and female or, when the birds look alike, 2 different views photographed by wildlife photographer, author and sound recordist Stan Tekiela.Each bird has a variety of calls recorded by Stan Tekiela.Play the game to find all the identifying features of each bird by finding the identification hotspots or just ask the app to show you how to identify the bird! This is a great way to sharpen your identification skills and learn whats important to look for in each bird. Learn cool, fun facts about each bird you might be surprised by what you find out!Add birds you see to your checklist which is an interactive scrapbook. Each scrapbook listing includes the birds name, image, and call. Touch the birds picture to hear the call, or touch lots of birds to make them all call at once! You can also ask the app to let your Facebook friends know when you have seen a new bird. Like shortcuts? Touch the Key to find a key identifying feature for each bird.Touch Where to learn where each bird likes to hang out so you look in the right spot for the best shot at a sighting.Once you start looking for birds, youll want to see and learn even more. A super-easy way to help spot more birds is to get our habitat packs, which you can buy in the app. Each pack has at least 20 new birds in it and is just 99. All new birds included in the habitat appear automatically in your search list, are part of the identification game and are ready to be added to your scrapbook. And, all the birds that live in more than one habitat, will appear in the app in all the habitats in which they live. As you add new habitats, the number of birds in each habitat list will grow!Here are our popular habitats:BACKYARD All 40 popular birds you might find in your backyard and at your feeders are already included in the original app. Woodpeckers, songbirds, doves and more even the lurking hawk! FIELDS AND EDGES Add this habitat for 22 new birds including 2 BONUS BIRDS! Grasslands, prairies, fields, cliffs, and forest edges have lots of amazing birds! Included are beautiful songbirds, owls, hawks, and more! LEAFY FORESTS Add this habitat and get 22 new birds including 2 BONUS BIRDS! Get the most commonly found birds in deciduous forests (forests with leafy trees), like woodpeckers, owls, songbirds, game birds. LAKES AND MARSHES Add this habitat to get 24 new birds including 4 BONUS BIRDS! Some of the most interesting and easiest-to-see birds in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico live in lakes, rivers, streams, and freshwater marshes and swamps. Their quacks and honks will help you discover some of the most popular ducks, geese, swans, wading birds, kingfishers, and other freshwater birds.Grab your gear and see how many birds you can find!