Flyway
Train to identify birds like an expert.
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Flyway - Train to identify birds like an expert.

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Most people look for birds. Experienced birders read the landscape — habitat, season, movement, shape — and already know what they're seeing. Flyway trains that skill on the live sightings near you, free. Two parts: the Compass (read the place before you see a bird) and the Method (the five-step routine when one appears).

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I built PlayFlyway because existing tools lack location-specific preparation. Generic apps ignore dynamic data. This application tests identification skills against regional eBird data before fieldwork. Core functionality: * Uses live eBird sightings to build location-specific challenges. * Tests identification using photos, audio, and field marks. * Displays side-by-side species comparisons to force active learning during quizzes. * Tracks performance via regional leaderboards. The objective is skill acquisition and regional checklist mastery. Take the quizzes and analyze species differences to establish a knowledge baseline prior to fieldwork. This improves field identification accuracy and produces better data submissions to eBird.
💡 Bright idea

Really cool concept for birders. One thing that would genuinely help me is a sound clip playback for each question so you can practice identifying by call and song, not just visuals.

Maker

 Shipped! Two ways to practice by ear now: a full "By Ear" quiz mode (audio-only mystery birds, photo revealed after you answer), and a "🔊 Hear this bird" button on every visual question's answer reveal so you can attach the call to the bird you just identified. Thanks for the push — this made the app better.

💡 Bright idea

One thing that would make this way more useful for me is a timed "mystery bird" audio mode using the eBird media library, so you could practice identifying calls and songs the same way you practice visuals. Would also help prep for dawn chorus surveys.

Maker

 This was too good an idea to sit on — a By Ear mode is now live. Pick "🔊 By Ear" in the quiz options and every question becomes a mystery bird: audio only, photo revealed after you answer, and speed counts toward your score, so it plays like a timed drill. It even has its own leaderboard, separate from the visual quizzes.