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*MAC Guide to Birds of North America CD-ROM

MACINTOSH VERSION! New on December 5, 2007. This is the current 3.9 version of Thayer's Birds of North America CD-ROM, now made for the Mac.

It was created in collaboration with the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Wonderful features:

1. It works on the Macinotosh!
2. Downloads to an iPod with songs and photos.
3. 20 to 100 species have been added to each state and province CD.
4. Users can easily open multiple eField Guide tabs to see more than one species at a time.
5. Users can easily jump to the next species or the previous species — as well as the first or last species on the list.
6. State and province checklists have been updated. The ID Wizard will show more "common" birds for each location.
7. The taxonomic list has been updated to match the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) 47th supplement. The Blue Grouse has been split into Dusky Grouse and Sooty Grouse.
8. The buttons and links in the program have been updated so that they all now behave like a typical Windows installation. The mouse scroll wheel now behaves as expected in all parts of the program.
9. It's now easier and more intuitive to use. The User's Manual has also been revised.
10. It's now much easier to see which filter you have turned on.

Includes everythng birders loved about the previous version.

It has over 900 birds of US and Canada. It contains 2,788 top-quality photos, 707 songs, 90 videos, and 926 range maps. Added feature: sonograms show you a picture of each song.

Identify unknown birds! Just enter a birds' colors, size, habitat, location, and even a description of its song if you can. The program will instantly show you photos and nmes of all the birds that match your description.

Perfect for beginners!

You can add your own comments, photos and web links for each bird, and you can export songs to your iPod in minutes.

Extra Bonus: The Birder's Handbook. Learn about the birds you see with hundreds of short, interesting articles on every aspect of bird behavior and biology. It's a classic book, but here it's in electronic form, included right in the CD-ROM. Now you can access the information instantly while you're using The Guide to Birds and and have fun learning.

Quizzes

Take one of the 700 quizzes, or create your own quiz. Use the Flash Card quiz to learn the birds in your area. Make your own screen savers!

System Requirements: Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" or version 10.4.10 "Tiger", 512 MB RAM, 750 MB on hard drive, CD-ROM drive; plus all hardware and software required to support multimedia applications. [Free updates will soon be available for users running Mac OS X version 10.4.11, 10.5.0 and 10.5.1.]

Supported Computers: any Mac computer with an Intel processor, Power Mac G3, G4 or G5 processors, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3 (bronze keyboard models only) or G4 processors, iBook G3 or G4 processors, PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 processors.

Some features of this CD-ROM, including technical support, require an Internet connection.

OUR PRICE: $84.95