Nature Resources and Apps

Bug Guide (Website)
Bug Guide Online community of naturalists sharing observations of insects, spiders and related creatures. Good resource for insect ID.

All about Birds (Website)
All About Birds by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a terrific resource for Bird ID and species life history information.

Merlin (App)
Identify the birds you see and hear with this phone app.

iNaturalist (App)
Explore and share your observations with fellow naturalists.

Sibley Bird Guides (App)
The Sibley Bird Guides (North America) App allows you to set the state or province you are in so you can see only the birds occurring in that region. See your favorite app store to purchase ($19.99) the version appropriate for your device.

Google Lens (App)
Not sure what you are seeing in the natural world? Use Google Lens to identify plants and animals.

Picture This (App)
A handy tool to help identify plants. $29.99/year

The Photographer’s Ephemeris (Website and App)
This phone app helps you plan outdoor photography in natural light. It’s a map-based Sun, Moon, and Milky Way calculator for computer and iOS.

PhotoPills (App)
https://www.photopills.com/ is a photo-planning app with lots of location specific info on sunrise and set, moonrise, Milky Way locations, eclipses and more.

Other Apps and editors that can be downloaded from the App Store (Apple) and/or Google Play Store (Android)

• Lightroom – iOS /Android
• Camera+ – iOS
• Snapseed – iOS/Android <- This is a “must-have” app!
• Studio – iOS/Android from David Johnston, Landscape Photography University