I posted this back in September when I first saw it on National Geographic website. I was thinking it would make a great Christmas gift, so here it is again.

I love birding, but I never seem to have the book with me when I see a bird I wish to identify.

National Geographic Handheld Birds is the first North American mobile interactive field guide for PDA for birders of all levels. National Geographic Handheld Birds can be purchased as an all in one device that includes a Tungsten E2 Palm Pilot or as separate SD card software that can be used with many Palm OS compatible PDAs.

Completely user-friendly, you will instantly transform your birding outings into vibrant, expertly guided adventures with these amazing features:

• More than 1,600 bird images
• More than 650 range maps
• Detailed bird information from our best selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• Nearly 4 hours of premium quality song and call playback from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Comprehensive, searchable database of 867 North American birds
• Quickly and easily compare and contrast unique bird characteristics
• eBird checklists to record and retrieve detailed sighting information.

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