Now you can create and submit eBird checklists from your iPhone anywhere in the world – BirdsEye BirdLog – Worldwide.
Posted by Grant McCreary on April 2nd, 2012.
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Now you can create and submit eBird checklists from your iPhone anywhere in the world – BirdsEye BirdLog – Worldwide.
Posted by Grant McCreary on April 2nd, 2012.
$20 or $10 for an “introductory” price to provide data to scientists? Why is Cornell gouging for this. It should have been packaged in their other apps. I’ll just continue to log my birds (for free) in all the other bird identification apps.
Biscuit, have you used eBird? I only ask because it is much more than just providing data to scientists. It has alot of functionality for the submitter also. Regardless, I would argue that it’s worth submitting even if it didn’t.
As for the app, I haven’t used it yet, so I don’t know how it compares to the other bird-listing apps. But for some (myself included), the listing functions in field guide apps just isn’t full-featured enough. As of right now, I need a dedicated app for listing.
Also, Cornell did not develop this app; it is a separate company, but part of the proceeds are donated to Cornell. I’ve got no problem with this – they’re a great organization and worth supporting.
That’s not to say that these apps are ‘worth’ that much, when you compare them to similar apps. As I said, I can’t really speak to that yet. But I will say that if it does all the stuff I want my listing program to do (which is pretty demanding) AND makes it easy to upload to eBird, then it would be worth it for me.
I would agree that paying $10 or $20 for the “privilege” of entering data for scientists would be a dubious proposition.
But eBird really is more than that, for both the submitter (it will keep lists for you, and it’s an excellent tool to find birds) and for birds (the data is invaluable for conservation).
Even so, it may not be worth it for everyone. But I wouldn’t say that it’s an outright rip-off.