Guide to Birds of North America v3.9 - Windows

by Thayer Birding Software

Product Details

• ASIN: B000F7V22I
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 20, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,679 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thayer Guide to Birds of North America v.3.9, August 4, 2007

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Katie's Mom "Some mornings it just doesn't se... (VA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guide to Birds of North America v3.9 - Windows (CD-ROM)

I was able to try the software at a friend's house a few years ago and enjoyed the Petey the Parrot feature that pronounced Latin nomenclature. User friendly. There are good searching and cross-referencing features. The library of species is more extensive than any book I've seen. I like that there is geographic distribution data, population information and song files. It is so much easier to listen to a song file than read "two wee" in a field guide and get the same effect of information. This software helps with research presentations. The quizzes are great too. I like that the photos available for each species carry mulitple view whenever possible. I think in the absence of photos, drawings could have been included to cover the gap, especially since females are usually the gap and comprise 50% of the species population, so this is important information. So far that is the only short-coming I have noticed.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great CD-Rom, May 16, 2008

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B. Bleho "Babzz" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Birds of North America v3.9 - Windows (CD-ROM)

As the previous review noted, the software is user-friendly. She also makes a good point about possibly using diagrams where there are gaps in the photos. Although I am generally happy with the photos available, there are some species that could use more/better photos.

I have Version 3.5. I really appreciate having the Birder's Handbook available on the CR-Rom; I've used it on multiple occasions. My main qualm with the software is that the audio selection is limited. It plays only the song for songbirds (not calls) and the recordings are fairly short. I still highly recomend this product, but would also recommend purchasing one or both of the Stokes CDs to get a more complete audio recording of the various songs and calls for each species. On the upside, I love the quizz options and have been creating my own quizzes to improve my identification skills!

The software is updateable through the internet. Also, if you are trying to decide between this one and the Birds of My Region CD-Rom, I highly recommend investing the extra money and getting this one (unless you never plan on leaving your region) since it is applicable across the continent and includes the Birder's Handbook. Really, it's not that much more money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thayer's Guide to Birds, July 18, 2008

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Kat Hills "Kat" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Guide to Birds of North America v3.9 - Windows (CD-ROM)

I am fairly happy with this program. I had a Peterson's program that I had used for years, but it was not compatible with XP or Vista. There were some things available in that program that are not in this one - like an easy to use life list, but the Peterson program is no longer available. Overall the program is easy to use and the bird id's are concise with pictures and vocalizations.