ALBANY, N.Y. — When Jory Langner finds time for a field trip during an upcoming visit to Washington, he won’t have to ask local birders where to find candidates to add to his life list of birds sighted.
All he’ll have to do is pull out his iPhone and fire up BirdsEye, a new bird-finding application that gives users instant access to reports of birds spotted near their location, tells them where to look for specific birds and keeps track of their lists of all the birds they’ve ever seen.
The $19.99 application makes its debut just ahead of the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count, an effort that enlists bird watchers around the country who report back the kinds and numbers of birds they spot.
The count, which runs from Monday through Jan. 5, collects data used to track the health of bird populations, identify trends and guide conservation.
