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BIRDSTAR is the first authoritative guide to birds of North America. It was originally developed in DOS in 1987 and known as "The Electronic Birder". It is now on CD-ROM and only available for Windows 95. It covers all birds of North America - over 900 species. It displays high-resolution photographs, summer breeding and winter distribution maps, as well as providing the birds' songs and calls.

Birdstar is a better reference source for learning about North American birds than conventional printed guides are. It uses those multimedia, audio and visual, attributes of wild birds that appeal to the nature enthusiast. Birds are so multimedia that a computer guide for birds is a natural use for this technology.

The interactive identification component of Birdstar uses an easier, more delightful and effective way to identify birds. It simply asks questions about what was seen. Just click on the appropriate answers on the screen as the questions appear. The questions focus attention on the key features of a bird to look for in the field. The guide not only re-enforces what distinctive field marks to look for but also identifies birds based on size, habitat and unique behaviours,

Alternatively, you may use the index. The index acts like an encyclopaedia for the birds of North America. By merely naming a bird you access its picture, species distribution map, its songs/calls and a written description. With such easy access to pictures and sound this affordable guide is being used as a reference in libraries and schools.

When people initially become birders they usually have to see the bird first to identify it. As skills advance they recognize a bird's song and may identify a bird by a single note. Birdstar's Birding By Ear Challenge quickly improves these hearing skills. There are three skill levels and eight distinct bird groups to choose to be tested from. The beginner level randomly picks from 40 possible common birds. The intermediate level is more difficult and chooses a song to play from 130 possible species. The expert level will pick a song at random from all the bird songs on the CD - 530. A group selection allows testing on specific groups of birds; eastern or western warblers, flycatchers, mockingbirds, thrashers, sparrows, thrushes, vireos, and wrens. The program chooses a bird from a selected category and then plays its song as requested. You can choose to have the recorder (sonogram) shown on the screen as the bird sings if you wish. After the song has played you can view the bird to determine or confirm the bird's identity.

Birdstar is available for $ 49.95 from LJB Expert Systems, 96 Craig Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2B 2J3

For more details and a free bird listing program check out Birdstar's Web Page at:

http: //www. golden. net/~lbond/birdstar. htm Or contact the author Larry Bond ph: (519) 894-9308 or e-mail:

lbond@golden. net

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Legal Name: LJB Expert Systems

Number of Employees: 3

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• Birdstar - Multimedia Guide To Birds Of North America

  BIRDSTAR - Multimedia Guide to Birds of North America

  Birdstar is an authoritative multimedia guide to birds of North America on CD-ROM for Windows 95. It covers all birds of North America - over 900 species. It displays high-resolution photographs, summer breeding and winter distribution maps, as well as providing the birds' songs and calls.

  Birdstar is a better reference source for learning about North American birds than conventional printed guides are. It uses those multimedia, audio and visual, attributes of wild birds that appeal to the nature enthusiast. Birds are so multimedia that a computer guide for birds is a natural use for this technology.

  The interactive identification component of Birdstar uses an easier, more delightful and effective way to identify birds. It simply asks questions about what was seen. Just click on the appropriate answers on the screen as the questions appear. The questions focus attention on the key features of a bird to look for in the field. The guide not only re-enforces what distinctive field marks to look for but also identifies birds based on size, habitat and unique behaviors,

  Alternatively, you may use the index. The index acts like an encyclopedia for the birds of North America. By merely naming a bird you access its picture, species distribution map, its songs/calls and a written description. With such easy access to pictures and sound this affordable guide is being used as a reference in libraries and schools.

  When people initially become birders they usually have to see the bird first to identify it. As skills advance they recognize a bird's song and may identify a bird by a single note. Birdstar's Birding By Ear Challenge quickly improves these hearing skills. There are three skill levels and eight distinct bird groups to choose to be tested from. The beginner level randomly picks from 40 possible common birds. The intermediate level is more difficult and chooses a song to play from 130 possible species. The expert level will pick a song at random from all the bird songs on the CD - 530. A group selection allows testing on specific groups of birds; eastern or western warblers, flycatchers, mockingbirds, thrashers, sparrows, thrushes, vireos, and wrens. The program chooses a bird from a selected category and then plays its song as requested. You can choose to have the recorder (sonogram) shown on the screen as the bird sings if you wish. After the song has played you can view the bird to determine or confirm the bird's identity.

  Birdstar is available for $ 49.95 from LJB Expert Systems, 96 Craig Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2B 2J3

  For more details and a free bird listing program check out Birdstar's Web Page at:

  http: //www. golden. net/~lbond/birdstar. htm Or contact the author Larry Bond ph: (519) 894-9308 or e-mail:

  lbond@golden. net

• Computer Software - Education And Training

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• 417310 Computer, Computer Peripheral and Pre-Packaged Software Wholesaler-Distributors

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