The Better Birdwatching in Colorado CD-ROMs are designed to increase your enjoyment of birds by providing information about Colorado birds in the form of text, pictures, audio and video. The audio and video were gathered over many years by the author. The video provides a unique opportunity to view birds from the perspective of a birder in the field. While designed to appeal to all types of birders, the CD will especially appeal to beginning and intermediate birders. New features on CD #2 include higher quality photos by Harold Holt (author of A Birder's Guide to Colorado), extreme and average arrival/departure dates for migratory species, and song descriptions and nesting information for all species. The 2 CD set contains photos of nests and/or eggs for over 200 species. More detailed information is listed below the sample screen shot.
List of Species Covered on
the Colorado Birds CD-ROMs, Checklist Order
List of Species Covered on the Colorado Birds CD-ROMs,
Alphabetical Order
The Species Group screens allow you to click on the blue text on the left side of the screen to look at videos and/or listen to audio. The list on the right side of the screen provides links to Individual Species screens.
CD #1: Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, Storks, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Vultures, Kites, Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Grouse, Turkeys, Quail, Rails, Gallinules, Coots, Cranes, Plovers, Stilts, Avocets, Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, and Murrelets.
CD #2: Pigeons, Doves, Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Owls, Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Tyrant Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, Jays, Crows, Titmice, Bushtits, Nuthatches, Creepers, Wrens, Dippers, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers, Thrushes, Thrashers, Pipits, Waxwings, Shrikes, Starlings, Vireos, Wood-Warblers, Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Towhees, Sparrows, Longspurs, Blackbirds, Orioles and Finches.
Click on the blue text below to see screen shots from the CDs. The screen shots are NOT interactive.
CD#1 features:
* Range maps for all 185 species
* Over 350 pictures for 128 species
* Over 130 videos for 69 species
* Over 100 sounds for 51 species
* 74 interactive quizzes
The Birding Hotspots Map (TM, on CD#1) helps you to plan Colorado adventures with 40 videos and 213 full-screen photos of cool places to go birding.
CD #2
features the stunning photos of Harold Holt:
* Colorado range maps for all 275 species
* Over 970 photos for 258 species
* Over 300 sounds for 145 species
* Over 300 video clips for 115 species
* 147 interactive quizzes
The Betterbird Quizzes (TM) provides interactive training for children and amateur birdwatchers. But if you guess incorrectly, the birds will laugh at you.
Hardware Requirements:
Microsoft® Windows®
* 486 or higher
* Windows 3.1 or higher, NT, or 95
* At least a 33 MHz processor
* 8 MB RAM
* Double speed CD-ROM drive or faster
* Monitor capable of displaying 640 X 480 pixels and at least 256 colors
(8-bit color)
Macintosh®
* 68030 (LCIII) or higher
* System 7.1 or higher
* At least a 33 MHz processor
* 8 MB RAM
* Double speed CD-ROM drive or faster
* Monitor capable of displaying 640 X 480 pixels and at least 256 colors
(8-bit color)
* Sound card
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed: If you are not completely satisfied with your CD, you may return it for a FULL refund within 30 days of the purchase date.