Region’s bird lovers get a new app

REGION — The Mid-Atlantic states have been chosen to be among the few to have their own Audubon Guide app. Based on updated and expanded versions of the best-selling series of National Audubon Society field guides, Audubon Birds Mid-Atlantic puts authoritative and comprehensive information about the region’s birds at the fingertips of iPhone and iPod Touch users.

It is available in the reference section of the apps store in iTunes along with other apps in the Audubon Guide series. Audubon Birds Mid-Atlantic provides a wealth of interactive information in a mobile package.

From cuckoos to Copper’s hawks, Audubon Birds Mid-Atlantic covers 396 species of birds found in New York, West Virginia, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Each species in the app is described with detailed information updated from National Audubon Society field guide books, including details such as appearance, habitat, behavior, diet, nesting, mating, migration, endangered status and more. All of this is accessed wirelessly and in real time through interactive and intuitive search features with parameters such as common and scientific names, family, shape, range, habitat, color and size.

Additional features include over 1,500 color photographs, more than 1,200 bird sounds, range maps for each species and a geo-location search function that allows users to find which bird species are located in any zip code, state or region. Advanced technical innovations include the ability to create personalized life lists, post GPS-enabled bird sighting lists and upload user-created photo albums.

For more information visit audubonguides.com/audubon-iphone-app-2 .