Sometime during the night of May 14th, gWhiz released version 2.0 of the long dormant Peterson Birds – A Field Guide to Birds of North America app for Apple mobile devices.
Optimized for iPhone 5 devices and requiring OS 8.0 or later, this extensive update to the app features a wide range of new features, including:
- a new top level navigation menu
- only a single tap on species image is required to view species detail
- combined text and parameterized search function
- location and local weather automatically automatically added to sightings
- the ability to create and update checklists directly from sightings or species pages
Although a long-time user of the Peterson Birds app, this update took me completely by surprise and I am still trying out its many new features. Thus far I must say that I am quite pleased with what I’ve seen.
