Great app for bird lovers
I absolutely love using the nest watch app! It’s intuitive and well designed so that it makes it easy to track nesting birds anywhere I go. Logging data is straightforward and detailed. You can log everything from nest materials to the number of eggs and hatchlings, which makes the observations really meaningful and accurate.
Another thing I love is the ability to upload photos. It’s super cool to look back and see the progress of birds as they grow up. I’ve learned a lot about local species and their nesting behaviors through the app.
Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys birding and wants to contribute to real scientific research. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has done a great job with making an app that’s super fun and easy to use!
Another thing I love is the ability to upload photos. It’s super cool to look back and see the progress of birds as they grow up. I’ve learned a lot about local species and their nesting behaviors through the app.
Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys birding and wants to contribute to real scientific research. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has done a great job with making an app that’s super fun and easy to use!
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Great app for bird lovers
I absolutely love using the nest watch app! It’s intuitive and well designed so that it makes it easy to track nesting birds anywhere I go. Logging data is straightforward and detailed. You can log everything from nest materials to the number of eggs and hatchlings, which makes the observations really meaningful and accurate.
Another thing I love is the ability to upload photos. It’s super cool to look back and see the progress of birds as they grow up. I’ve learned a lot about local species and their nesting behaviors through the app.
Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys birding and wants to contribute to real scientific research. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has done a great job with making an app that’s super fun and easy to use!
Another thing I love is the ability to upload photos. It’s super cool to look back and see the progress of birds as they grow up. I’ve learned a lot about local species and their nesting behaviors through the app.
Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys birding and wants to contribute to real scientific research. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has done a great job with making an app that’s super fun and easy to use!
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App is unusable
Wonderful idea for an app but it’s basically unusable. The app constantly glitches and crashes. I can’t even load previous nest data or enter new data while in the field despite having good service. Had the same problem last year and it’s still not fixed.
Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback, we're sorry to hear you're having issues with the latest version of the app. Please contact us at NestWatch@cornell.edu for help troubleshooting.
I’m about ready to give up
I’ve enjoyed entering data in Nestwatch for several years, but this year the app has become basically unusable for me. If I try to make more than one entry on a single day, I can usually make the first entry ok, but after that the Submit button doesn’t work. This happens whether I’m trying to enter data for more than one location on a single day, or for more than one date for a single location.
I have been in contact with customer support, but they haven’t been able to help me. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app. I’ve updated my iPad, rebooted my iPad, and tried going thru the website to enter my data instead of using the app. Nothing works. I’m watching two active nest boxes right now. Today I visited both but can’t enter both observations today, so I’ll try to remember to enter the second visit tomorrow. This is seriously getting to be more trouble than it’s worth.
I have been in contact with customer support, but they haven’t been able to help me. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app. I’ve updated my iPad, rebooted my iPad, and tried going thru the website to enter my data instead of using the app. Nothing works. I’m watching two active nest boxes right now. Today I visited both but can’t enter both observations today, so I’ll try to remember to enter the second visit tomorrow. This is seriously getting to be more trouble than it’s worth.
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Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback, we're sorry to hear you're having issues with the latest version of the app. Please contact us at NestWatch@cornell.edu for help troubleshooting your issue.
Well laid out and comprehensive
I’ve enjoyed Merlin and other information from Cornell in the past, and this app brings it all into one location. They have a great layout to show you all the relevant information on the nests and the birds, and format for monitoring your own nests and houses
