# For birders: Bird Jam, anyone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 12, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134 "2011-02-12T15:41:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134/1 "2011-02-12T15:41:15Z")

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> **[birdJam - Gone Birding!](https://www.birdjam.com/)**
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> We are proud that birdJam ushered in a revolution in how to learn bird songs

Anybody have this? It looks really cool, but I’m not sure it’s $60 worth of cool 🆒

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**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134/2 "2011-02-12T19:22:06Z")

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I haven’t heard of that one specifically. There’s a growing number of birding apps, here’s a [comparison](http://ibird.com/compare.aspx) of some of the more popular ones; all cost a fair bit less than $60. Oh, the comparison was published by iBird, one of the apps, so might be slightly skewed! It does list features, which you might want to think about when deciding how you’d use your app.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134/3 "2011-02-12T19:53:38Z")

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And here I was expecting a benefit concert for endangered avian fowl the world over.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134/4 "2011-02-12T22:02:39Z")

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> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> And here I was expecting a benefit concert for endangered avian fowl the world over.

I was picturing something in a jar that you spread on toast.  
[sub]Preferably, Roadrunner flavored.[/sub]

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**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134/5 "2011-02-12T22:06:58Z")

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> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> I was picturing something in a jar that you spread on toast.  
> [sub]Preferably, Roadrunner flavored.[/sub]

As was I…

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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134/6 "2011-02-13T01:36:40Z")

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> [@araminty](#):
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> I haven’t heard of that one specifically. There’s a growing number of birding apps, here’s a [comparison](http://ibird.com/compare.aspx) of some of the more popular ones; all cost a fair bit less than $60. Oh, the comparison was published by iBird, one of the apps, so might be slightly skewed! It does list features, which you might want to think about when deciding how you’d use your app.

Thanks! iBird looks like it’s improved things since I first looked at it. I may try the free version first, see if it really is better.

> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> And here I was expecting a benefit concert for endangered avian fowl the world over.

"avian fowl’? Are there non-avian fowl? 😛

> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> I was picturing something in a jar that you spread on toast.  
> [sub]Preferably, Roadrunner flavored.[/sub]

Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-birders-bird-jam-anyone/571134/7 "2011-02-14T17:46:20Z")

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> [@saje](#):
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> …  
> Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!

Yeah, Roadrunner jam isn’t really that good. It tastes smug and full of itself.