Bird Song Analyzer

On our daily walks, my girlfriend and I see and hear many species of birds. What are they? Sure there are field guides and little books but we really need something more useful to start with.

I think a little PDA-like device could be great to help learn how to spot and identify various bird species.

You input your location, and it keeps track of time of day, season, etc.

As you walk in the forest the you tether the little device around your neck and it "listens" to the environment. Using waveform analysis algorythms (oh boy, it's getting deep here) the device separates the birdsong and tells you:

- What kind of birds are in the area
- The name and picture is displayed associated with each birdsong
- The number of those birds in the area
- What direction the songs are coming from (pinpoints and uses GPS to provide relative direction)
- Click a sound icon to listen to the pre-recorded song associated with that bird (just to see if you agree with the device or not) or any other bird in the database
- Other information about the birds such as migratory patterns, eating habits, nesting habitat, mating season data, etc.

You can use the GPS feature as a stand-alone item too for hiking. Probably should also throw a dig. camera in there too.

And of course, it makes hot croissants. :-o