Audubon Birds of California Reviews

by California Opus

Does not work on iPhone 12 / iOS 14.8. I type in my email address and get the error message "Unexpected server error. Please try again." Can't get past this, several days in a row.

by Melissa.Artist

I had the Cornell Lab Bird ID on my old Nexus7, and it worked like a charm to help me find out what kind of bird I was looking at. I entered parameters, and it gave me a list of birds it could be I was looking at.

This one is difficult, non-intuitive, and I wound up deleting it in sheer frustration as totally useless. A good hand-held field guide would be easier to figure out!

by Publias

I downloaded this and was eager to use it until I saw that I had to submit personal information or sign in with Facebook. As far as I’m concerned they don’t need my email address and refuse to use Facebook for privacy reasons. Both options are complete nonstarters.

by Jleo Twenty

All of the photos are clear, but occasionally - just often enough to be confusing - the caption seems at odds with the photo's subject. A bird that is obviously a juvenile - with juvenile feathers and coloring may be labeled "adult male" Categories are equally elastic, with questionable nearly identical photos appearing side by side for two different species. This is most pronounced in areas one wishes a definitive answer, such as "Which hummingbird (or woodpecker) am I looking at ?"

It's a cute app, perhaps suitable for a child - but not for serious birders.

by Yam909

Like AudubonBirdsofCali to identify birds based on physical shape, family and name. It will be better if AudubonBirdsofCali can identify by capturing a bird's sound, and I will give five stars for the feature.

by CA SuzQ

Only down side is that many vocals are not from California subjects and this is the California version that I’m using.

by Iris_54

The information in AudubonBirdsofCali is easy to access and understand. I’ve had AudubonBirdsofCali for a while and it has definitely improved over the years. The audio samples are particularly useful. Thank you for providing the public with a fun, educational tool to learn about birds.

by Hatschima

Excellent resource and education how to help local birds to survive

by Kacky1960

Beautiful photo’s. The sounds are great too!

by Pixielunaluv

Good pictures and easy steps to ID’ing little brown jobs:)

by Doubleplay1

This along with Merlin are my go to apps

by Sadie Blackstar

I’m a new fan - excellent resource! I love the easy search and thorough info. Thanks!

by Røuge Øne

Great it has lots of cool bird pictures and it has there call🦉🦅🦆🐥🐔🐧🐦🐤

by Dmfelicia

Just got into bird watching and AudubonBirdsofCali is exactly what I was hoping for.

by Layryjess

Great app. Easy to use and easy to navigate around in. Good way to learn about birds!

by Msinick

I love AudubonBirdsofCali and have learned so much in terms of bird identification. The map is great. Easy to use app and photos are wonderful.

by JB In RWC

My son and I love listening to and identifying our neighborhood birds by listening to the bird calls on AudubonBirdsofCali. Our favorite is the Western Screech Owl.

by JimCoker

I enjoy using AudubonBirdsofCali, a lot of thought went into it. It's intuitive, easy to use and I learn a lot from it. Good job guys!

by Hairyterry

I am about a month into my first backyard bird feeder, San Francisco. Combining search descriptions I’d figured out the main 2 or 3 I see, but this is VERY easy to use with Range, behavior, etc to check my guesses.

by Lockca

This auto downloaded on my phone and i love it. 10/10 barn swallows. Vary cool. The first time I’ve been happy all week. I will support the national Audubon society until i die.