A Bird in the Hand 1.0

The old proverb “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”, is usually about balancing the risks of the known with the unknown. Not in this case! With this app you can have not one, but 23 birds “in your hand” when you head bush. Not only that, but we throw in all the steak knives as we are making the app available for free — for a short period.

The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service has combined with Geometry and some of Tasmania’s best photographers and sound recordists to produce a beautiful and professionally produced App.

The App covers 23 of Tasmania’s common and endemic birds and includes bird calls, high quality pictures and information on their habitat, breeding, diet etc. Use the App while out bush to work out which call is which.

The island of Tasmania is Australia’s smallest and most Southern State. It is one of the world’s special places with over 40% of the island reserved for conservation (over 440 reserves) and 20% of the State listed as World Heritage. The island is a haven for birdlife, including the very rare Orange-bellied parrot (under 200 birds remain in the wild). For more info on Tasmania’s reserves and wildlife, see the Parks & Wildlife website: www.parks.tas.gov.au.

So check out this app, offer suggestions (to iphone@parks.tas.gov.au) and let us know if you have any really high quality Tasmanian bird photos or vocalisations that we can include in our V 2.0 release.

For V 2.0 we will add more detailed information as well as more endemic and common birds. Long term we aim to have all of Tasmania’s endemic and common birds covered.

In the future we are also planning to make other applications available covering Tasmania’s native wildlife and National Parks.

Please enjoy our first App, and let us know what you think of a “A Bird in the Hand”.

Available for iPhone and iPod touch, checked for OS 3.0.