Date: 3/19/26 5:38 am From: Soheil Zendeh <sohzendeh...> Subject: [Arlington Birds] Fwd: New England Shorebird Guide free app for smart phone updated
Folks,
*New England Shorebird Guide*, a photographic guide freely available
on the *Bird
Observer* site, now covers 37 species of shorebirds that occur in New
England, northeastern United States and eastern Canada -- and Athol too!
The guide is designed primarily as a visual aid on your smart phone that
can be used in the field; it can also be installed on your tablet or
computer. Access the guide using this link:
https://www.birdobserver.org/Better-Birding/New-England-Shorebird-Guide.
Due to severe declines in the populations of most shorebird species over
the past several decades, it is important that bird and nature lovers
become as familiar as possible with these birds and advocate for their
conservation. Shorebirds are reputed to be difficult to identify. This may
be true for some species, but it is also partly due to the fact that most
shorebird species are highly migratory and travel long distances during the
course of a year. Most are in our region for only a few weeks every year,
so they are easy to miss and hard to learn to identify.
By learning their habits and habitats, as well as their behavior, shapes,
and plumages, most observers can identify 20-plus species—perhaps up to 30
species of shorebirds—in New England and adjoining states and provinces
each year. To increase the fan base of appreciation for these birds, I
created this visual guide to shorebirds of New England and the northeast,
and *Bird Observer* is generously providing free access on its website.
I hope you find this guide useful for finding and identifying shorebirds in
our region. Please do not hesitate to share this guide with others.
It is also important that you communicate to me the shortcomings, errors,
and inconsistencies of the guide so that I can improve future versions. You
can reach me at <sohzendeh...>
User help as well as instructions for installing the guide icon on your
iPhone or Android phone can be accessed from within the app. Thanks to Jay
Dia, Eric Mueller and Paul Bain for providing help instructions for Android
phones. The photos in the guide were contributed by many generous
photographers.
New England Shorebird Guide content was created by Soheil Zendeh. Marsha
Salett of *Bird Observer* was the editor. Eric Swanzey, web manager for *Bird
Observer* and other Massachusetts birding sites, created the website/app.
Many shorebirds will be arriving in our region in April, May and June.
Enjoy them right now!
*Soheil ZendehLittleton, MA 01460*
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