CD-ROM v3.9- 925 birds of the
US and
Canada! An electronic Field Guide -- that
sings!
This is an amazing birding CD created
for North American birders. With just a little effort, you will soon
become the neighborhood birding expert!
Written By: Peter W. Thayer
ISBN: 1887148914
- Identify Unknown Birds - by color,
size, habitat, location and even by sound
- View over 2,800 color photos
- Listen to songs of over 700 species
- a spectrogram shows the voice pattern
- Range maps as well as seasonal
abundance maps show you where to find the birds
- Take over 700 quizzes - now in four
different formats!
- Get tips to quickly identifying the
birds you see
- 90 videos show birds and their behavior
- Make screen savers -- that sing!
- See the five birds most often confused
with your bird
- View all the birds in an entire bird
Family
- Export songs and photos to an MP3
player, such as an iPod
- Make a Life List of all the birds you
have ever seen
- Create Custom Lists to share or use as
quizzes, screen savers and more
- See the entire contents of The Birder's
Handbook in electronic format (a $20 value)
- Add your own comments and web
links to each species
- See the bird's names in English,
Spanish, French or German
- See Alias names for the birds
- Sort birds eight different ways
(alphabetical by first or last name, taxonomic, etc)
- Listen as Petey the Parrot reads the
bird's names -- he will even tell jokes! [Windows]
- Links to other web sites help you learn
even more
- An extensive electronic Help File makes
it easy to do anything
The Guide to Birds of North America
CD-ROM for Macintosh computers is now available.
Thayer Birding Software and the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology have joined forces to create the ultimate CD for birders.
The Guide to Birds of North America v3.9.8 features all 925 birds ever seen in
the
U.S. or
Canada (excluding
Hawaii).
This incredible Mac-based CD-ROM includes
2,788 color photos and songs for 708 species. 90 video clips are also included.
This CD can help you identify unfamiliar birds. Simply select the color, size,
habitat, location or sound of your bird and the program will show you
everything that matches your description!
Also included are 700 quizzes arranged
into "Birding Hot Spots", "Christmas Bird Counts", Favorite
Birds" and more. Set the level at Easy or crank it all the way up to
Difficult. Select Multiple Choice, Fill-in-the-blank, Flash Card or "Pick
One" quizzes. This CD also includes a listing and recordkeeping program to
help you remember the birds you have seen.
With version 3.9.8, you can also share
Custom Lists with your friends, download songs and photos to an iPod for your
own personal use and add your own comments and photos for each bird. New
colorful icons make it very easy to use the CD.
System Requirements: Mac OS X version 10.3.9
"Panther", 10.4 "Tiger", or 10.5 "Leopard".
[Version 3.9.9 will work with OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” and is expected to be
released in late November 2009.] Also requires 512 MB RAM, 1GB on hard drive,
CD-ROM drive; plus all hardware and software required to support multimedia
applications. Supported Computers - any Mac computer with an Intel processor,
Power Mac G3, G4 or G5 processors, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3 (bronze keyboard
models only) or G4 processors, iBook G3 or G4 processors, PowerPC G3, G4 or G5
processors. Some features of this CD-ROM, including technical support, require
an Internet connection.