Written by Birds Australia
The shorebirds 2020 Identification booklet is now available as an I Phone Application. It has been developed by Neil Shelley, one of our volunteers, to be made available for free to everyone interested in our migratory and resident shorebirds.
- Download the iPhone Web App that helps you identify and learn more about shorebirds
- Point Safari on the iPhone at http://www.penboc.org.au/shorebirds/
- Tap on the “+” or ‘forward arrow’ on the toolbar at the bottom of the Safari screen
- Tap on “Add to Home Screen” and change the name to “Oz Shorebirds”
- Tap on “Save”or “Add”
- You should now have an icon on your home screen (of a Hooded Plover) that you can tap on to run the app
- You can also use it on a Mac or PC via Safari or Google Chrome (and some other browsers, but not Internet Explorer or Firefox).
For I Pod users
- The iPod Touch has Wi-Fi capability, so if you have a Wi-Fi network you can get the web app on your iPod.
- Go into Settings, turn on Wi-Fi and connect to the Wi-Fi network.
- Then do the following on the iPod Touch:
- Point Safari at http://www.penboc.org.au/shorebirds/
- Tap on the “+” on the toolbar at the bottom of the Safari screen
- Tap on “Add to Home Screen” and change the name to “Oz Shorebirds”
- Tap on “Save”
- There should now be an icon on the home screen (of a Hooded Plover) that you can tap on to run the app
- Then go back into Settings and turn off Wi-Fi
- While in Settings check that Bluetooth and Location Services are turned off (you don’t need any of these on for an iPod Touch and they just drain the battery).
- Even though the app is a website (ie. a web app), the content should be cached on the iPhone/iPod Touch so that it is accessible when the Internet isn’t available.