User Reviews: The Warbler Guide

The Warbler Guide
The Warbler Guide
Princeton University Press Apps

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  • One of my favorite bird guide apps!

    Love this app for its 3D comparison of two species - you can turn the 3D models to see the comparison from any angle. My next favorite feature might be the view showing under-tail patterns across the set of warble species.
  • Great app

    I just finished a nine day trip in Texas at High Island. This app is helpful for review and study beforehand and quick reference when needed. Five stars cause I love it. I hope for improvement in in the moment bird ID when inputting details in the field.
  • Connecticut Warbler

    Great app, you need to update the underside picture of connecticy warbler-the big grey blob from the branch covers up the underside/coverts
  • Awesome concept-almost perfect

    I’m no expert but know my way around. My only beef with this app is that using filters it simply will not recognize, at times, a pretty obvious bird based on even a couple of field marks. Today, I had a Pine Warbler during Fall migration in Northern Virginia and I input a yellow throat and wing bars (also tried eye arc), yet it did not return PIWA as a possibility! I don’t understand the algorithms in this app that would exclude PIWA based on that input this locale. I have been using this otherwise superb app for a few years and would not comment if this wasn’t a somewhat frequent problem.
    That said, the birdsong features, and the 3-dimensional utility is incredible. I would like to see a more robust side-by-side comparison tool (ie select any pair of species).
  • Brilliant app

    A great aid in discerning what warbler you were looking at in the field. The comparative chart with other species is valuable. The rotatable 3-D illustration of each warbler is fantastic.
  • No search feature

    I was excited to discover this app. Instead, I have been disappointed by the poor design of the app and the lack of a search feature. I wanted to look up a warbler that the app considers outside my region. The only way to do this was to change the region so the bird would show up. For the high price of the app, I expect better.
  • love the app!

    But giving a 2 rating because I hate the location feature. Why not allow a user to scroll through all the species? Inconvenient.
  • GCWA are in Tx not CA!

    I’ve been using this app for several years. It’s a handy reference to carry on your phone when out in the field. I love the ability to change views of all the birds to compare with the view you saw.
    Living in central TX, I’ve wondered why they don’t list the Golden Cheeked Warbler at all. I figured it was so regionally limited to the TX Hill Country that they chose to omit it. Just today, I switched my map from the Southeast Version to the Southwest Map which covers from New Mexico to the pacific. Guess who I found! Golden Cheeked Warblers are only listed in the SW map (which does not include TX for this app). Please, consider moving our favorite warbler to its rightful territory!
    The app would be much improved by making it easier to show “overlap” birds for those of us who are close to two map edges.
  • Ok for beginners

    This app is nice but a little frustrating. I find it easy to use for identifying the male species of warblers, but not much else. I really wish you were able to click on the type of warbler and see all plumages of male/female/1st year with underside tail plates of each too—Spring and Fall should all be grouped under same bird. The pics are a bit fuzzy and disorganized in my opinion. I really like the 3-D views, similar species listings, and “drab” references; however, really wish that everything was organized together for you for quicker referencing. Should have the underside tail plates in a quick-reference area too.
  • This app is expensive trash! Don’t waste your $$$

    This app is annoying and basic. I can’t believe they are charging $14.14 for this garbage app! There is nothing in here that isn’t shown in other free apps. There are not enough photos showing plumage distinctions in different seasons. And not enough verbiage to describe the specifics needed for a positive id. I really hate this app so much! Don’t waste your money!

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