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19 January 2010

there's an app for that

New iPhone apps for bird watchers, wildflower lovers

Ah, nature. It’s so full of whatchamacallits.

For many, no labels are necessary when a flower catches the eye or a bird flits overhead. It could be cuckoo or it could be a sparrow. It’s background.

For others, the problem isn’t lack of interest, but memory. By the time most of us are back home flipping through a bird book, our minds will have played tricks with the plumage. He is sure it was an oriole; she is just as sure it was a woodpecker.

A new iPhone application from Audubon Guides can settle the dispute.

Read more here.

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