Geobirds 2.0 :: The relaunch
We’ve been humming along in semi-stealth mode but this post will make it official: We’ve relaunched Geobirds, lifting the curtain on a massive facelift and redesign. Taking cues from Facebook, among others, and utilizing the artistic talents of Dave Gillis, Geobirds now features the world’s first localized bird guide, a Google Earth layer, an activity log organized by locality, and tabbed navigation. Those are the big changes. Other new features include user profile pics, browsing sighting photos, submitting bird lists all in one go, contextualized related content, and, if you live in the U.S., sending bird alerts to your mobile phone. BirdBrain has also undergone an overhaul.
By far the most significant feature, however, is friends / contacts - you can now add fellow Geobirds members as your friends and use these connections to track the birding activities of the people you care about.
I won’t take any more time here, other than to post the obligatory screenshot. At this point you need to stop reading this launch post and start browsing the actual site. Enjoy!
