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Originally Posted by elemenoP
Actually I recently bought the Sibley bird guide for my iphone, paid 30 bucks for an app!! I love it. I like to travel light when I'm birdwatching, so one less heavy book to lug around is great. It has some features that a book can't have, such as comparing two similar birds side by side, and listening to bird calls. And it's very quick to keep my "day list" (birds I saw on this outing) in the same app. I can also export the list as a CSV file. I love having my bird list as a spreadsheet instead of notes in a journal.
Even before the Sibley iphone app, there were different versions of the book: a bigger, heavier one for home use, and two smaller, lighter ones for the field. I do still enjoy perusing the bigger one at home. But I am loving the Sibley iphone app and I won't bring a field guide with me anymore.
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I would have killed to have the bird comparison and bird calls included in Sibley's when I was taking an ornithology course in college! All I remember about that course was "quick, free beer" and "who cooks for youuuuuu?"
I can certainly see where apps would be easier on one's back than hauling around fieldbooks though. I would have loved to have had an iPad back then!