Having recently reviewed Bill Thompson III’s new Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America in the Peterson Field Guides series and being highly impressed by it, I have been following developments surrounding it with great interest. So I was particularly pleased to learn that the good people at birdJam have teamed up with Bill to produce the Young Birder’s birdJam.
Like the Costa Rica: Caribbean Slope birdJam and the SE Arizona and Sonora, Mexico birdJam modules, the Young Birder’s birdJam works on the Apple iPod in combination with one of the three basic birdJam Makers and Apple’s own iTunes to produce a powerful and highly useful bird vocalization learning and reference tool that fits nicely into a shirt pocket. Readers of the new Young Birder’s Guide can quickly and easily supplement the knowledge they gain from reading that work with this new birdJam module and as a result become exceptionally familiar with all the critical visual as well as audible field identification tools that are the hallmark of truly well-rounded bird watchers.
Anyone who has already obtained a copy of the new Young Birder’s Guide, or as it will soon simply be called, “Thompson,” and who uses birdJam should make haste to acquire the new Young Birder’s birdJam. Those who have yet to discover the benefit of birdJam are highly encouraged to do so as soon as possible (use the link in the sidebar – it’s faster than Googling). Those who have not yet purchased their copy of the new Young Birder’s Guide itself… well, what do I need to do – come to your home and drive you to the bookstore myself?
Peace and good bird watching.
