Bird-watching apps and websites: What do the experts recommend?

eBird: This incredible crowd-sourcing program updates in real-time. Birders can register online and log sightings on the spot from their smartphone or computer. The information then goes into a massive, publicly-available database.

According to Allair, there are more than 1 million check points in Canada alone.

iBird Pro:One of Ingram's go-to apps, iBrid pro offers identification, behaviour, habitat and ecology information as well as playable calls for 924 North American and Hawaiian bird species.

"I am pretty good visually but when it comes to determining birds by sound that’s when it gets tricky for me," Ingram says.

"I struggle with it and an app where I can actually check the birds sound to what I am hearing is pretty important to me.”

BirdGenie: It’s an app where you can record the sound of a bird and using sonogram analysis it will tell you where the bird is," Allair says.

According to the developers, the regional apps contain eighty vocalization types for sixty bird species -- covering just about anything you're likely to come across in your given area.

The Weather Network app: Check current weather conditions and track oncoming storms with satellite and radar. There's a reason this is one of the most popular apps in Canada. You won't want to leave home without it, trust us.