Lifer - Bird ID & Birding

- Full United States launch with a reviewed catalogue of 1,149 US birds, covering Audio Catch, Camera Catch, regional scoring and the Guide. - State-aware rarity and Guide data for all 50 states and Washington, DC, with safe national fallbacks. - US Bird of the Day, regional quizzes, Birdsong Quiz, Golden Hour and Twilight Hour competitions. - American bird names and US date formats, with a persistent choice between British, American and International names. - Downloadable US bird-image pack for reliable Guide and card artwork, including offline use. - Sensitive US bird locations are automatically protected from public maps, Social and alerts while preserving the owner’s private catch. - Much stronger Offline Mode: members remain signed in, catches continue working and unavailable connections no longer trigger unexpected logouts. - Camera Catch review requests can include an optional note for the review team, such as the species you think is pictured. - New Saved Camera Photos manager with a thumbnail grid, zoomable previews, cropping, selection, retry and deletion. - Camera photos can be saved at full resolution before identification, after a match or when no match is found. - Cleaner, more reliable Camera Catch with matching previews, improved recovery, better alternatives and protection against accidental automatic captures. - Redesigned Golden and Twilight Hour experience with animated regional birds, countryside scenes, live rankings, rank movement and distance from the leader. - Server-controlled regional rarities allow safe corrections without requiring another app update, while preserving offline fallbacks and existing catches. - Redesigned bottom navigation with clearer selection, a responsive Catch-button cradle and an animated Lifer hummingbird. - Refreshed bird cards with clearer photos, rarity, points, Prismwing numbering and competition awards. - Added accessible zoom controls throughout the main Map, catches, alerts, Bird Walks and location selectors. - Fixed Bird Walk actions becoming stuck when moving from a route guide into Audio or Camera Catch. - Fixed repeating Android location prompts and blank daily quizzes, with proper recovery and Retry controls. - Improved long-term audio storage and Cloud Vault cleanup, particularly for early users with large backed-up recording libraries. - Custom Nests now credit their mapper and link directly to their Lifer profile. - Numerous layout, typography, accessibility, performance and light/dark/OLED theme improvements throughout the app. - Lifer now uses its own animated hummingbird while loading, with matching pull-to-refresh feedback across the app. - The bottom navigation now has a lightly frosted, translucent finish in light, dark and OLED modes, with a fine gold edge in dark themes. - Large Prismwing cards use a shorter, clearer serial/count badge that no longer crowds rarity or mastery information. - The Lifer update screen has shorter release highlights and an optional invitation to join the Lifer Discord community. - Staff can see existing Nests and their boundaries while mapping a new Nest, making accidental duplicates much easier to avoid.