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You spot a bird on a branch. You wonder what it is. BirdPulse tells you in seconds. Point your camera at it or record the song. The app does the rest. You get the name, the family, what it eats, where it lives, and a few things you probably didn't know. PHOTO ID Tap to take a photo. You can zoom with pinch or use the 1x, 2x, and 5x buttons so birds further away still fit in frame without you having to creep closer and scare them off. The identification runs the moment you tap. Most birds come back in under five seconds. SOUND ID Sometimes you hear a bird but can't see it. Tap record, wait a few seconds, and BirdPulse figures out what's singing. Works on songbirds, raptors, waterfowl, and a lot more. The sound model is the same kind of acoustic AI used in serious bird research. A FIELD GUIDE WORTH READING Every bird you identify opens a clean detail page. Not just facts, but the kind…
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What you can learn from Bird Identifier — BirdPulse
Every shipping app on the App Store has gone through the same decisions you're working through right now: which screenshot goes first, what caption sits over it, which device frame to show, what color the background should be. The 3 screenshots above are Bird Identifier — BirdPulse's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
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