For birders

Build a record that holds up.

To a curator. To your future self. To the next person who walks the same trail.

For birders
Where you live in this work

Things you're trying to do.

Things you're trying to do

  1. 01
    Identify what I'm looking at
  2. 02
    Document a defensible observation
  3. 03
    Understand the habitat I'm in
  4. 04
    Plan where to go next
A day in the field

How Nature Tools fits the rhythm.

A typical day
  1. 05:48
    Pre-trip

    NaturalistTripper builds a route. Place caches geology and ownership.

  2. 06:24
    On the ground

    Montana Field Guide opens to species accounts without signal.

  3. 10:30
    Capture & log

    Photographs land in Lightroom. Flyway logs the count.

  4. evening
    Publish

    GeoPlace tags every photograph. iNat Publish Pro batches the day.

For birders

Start with the right two apps.

Montana Field Guide is free. Fieldmark goes deeper when your IDs need defending.