Nature Sounds

The Guide to Birds of North America CD-ROM for Macintosh computers is now available.

Thayer Birding Software and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have joined forces to create the ultimate CD for birders. The Guide to Birds of North America v3.9.8 features all 925 birds ever seen in the U.S. or Canada (excluding Hawaii).

This incredible Mac-based CD-ROM includes 2,788 color photos and songs for 708 species. 90 video clips are also included. This CD can help you identify unfamiliar birds. Simply select the color, size, habitat, location or sound of your bird and the program will show you everything that matches your description!

Also included are 700 quizzes arranged into "Birding Hot Spots", "Christmas Bird Counts", Favorite Birds" and more. Set the level at Easy or crank it all the way up to Difficult. Select Multiple Choice, Fill-in-the-blank, Flash Card or "Pick One" quizzes. This CD also includes a listing and recordkeeping program to help you remember the birds you have seen.

With version 3.9.8, you can also share Custom Lists with your friends, download songs and photos to an iPod for your own personal use and add your own comments and photos for each bird. New colorful icons make it very easy to use the CD.

System Requirements: Mac OS X version 10.3.9 "Panther", 10.4 "Tiger", or 10.5 "Leopard". [Version 3.9.9 will work with Snow Leopard and is expected to be released in late November 2009.] Also requires 512 MB RAM, 750 MB on hard drive, CD-ROM drive; plus all hardware and software required to support multimedia applications. Supported Computers - any Mac computer with an Intel processor, Power Mac G3, G4 or G5 processors, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3 (bronze keyboard models only) or G4 processors, iBook G3 or G4 processors, PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 processors. Some features of this CD-ROM, including technical support, require an Internet connection.
isbn 1887148914