BirdingApp is the perfect app for connecting with other birders and keeping your birding life organized. Whether you're looking for a local guide, want to plan your daily birding routes and special trips, or simply want to check what other birders are seeing, we've built tools to help you out!

-Create a Profile: Introduce yourself, link your eBird stats, and discover friends to follow and connect with. Also mark patches you're familiar with birding and regions you're interested in visiting. Our privacy settings allow control over who can see your details.

-Convos and Chats: Connect seamlessly with birders using familiar chat features, including location pins, photos, and emoji reactions. Automatically linked eBird checklists and Macaulay Library references enhance sharing. Join or create private group chats or dive into vibrant public discussions.

-- Nearby Birder Chat: A geospatial chat room where messages are stored based on location and can be interacted with based on your proximity. Stay informed about recent birding conditions, sightings, and hotspot details, and connect with local birders wherever you are! No need to fret about how to join the local birding group and what app they might be using.

-- Rare Bird and Hotspot Chats: Clicking on an RBA in your activity feed or directly from hotspots on maps will transport you to a view of the chat focused on a radius around that location. Find out if the bird is still being seen and discuss strategies for relocating it before making the trip!

-Notifications for Rare Birds: We have the best solution for managing your Rare Bird Alerts. Never miss out on a nearby Slaty-backed Gull again! Simply enable RBA notifications in settings, and receive push notifications whenever a new rarity appears on the eBird RBA page. Also, post RBAs in BirdingApp to send out local or state-level rarities instantly and get feedback about who is chasing or seeing the bird. Customize alerts by setting your interested radius and muting notifications for continuing birds or even specific species you may not be interested in.

-Birding Arena: Dive into friendly competition and solo challenges! Tackle daily hotspot challenges and bird quizzes to earn points for unlocking targeted bird alerts nearby or in other regions. Track your rankings on leaderboards for daily regional birding and total app points.

-Routes, Itineraries, and Trips: Create and share birding routes, with the app displaying rarities from eBird near your chosen route! Utilize the itineraries feature to design routes and schedule multiple trips, while keeping track of all your planned adventures on a convenient calendar. Don't forget to invite your friends to join you!

-Trip Chats: Once you book a birding trip, our app automatically adds you to a dedicated trip chat. This feature is perfect for discussing trip details, staying connected with fellow birders, and sharing corrections on your eBird lists afterward.

-BirdingApp Supporter: Back our mission with a quarterly or yearly subscription to help sustain the app. Unlock perks like enhanced RBA preferences, global rarity map views, alerts for target birds and ABA-level rarities, increased media uploads, and priority notifications. We’re constantly adding features—share your ideas for what’s next!!