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Help & contact

Exsiccatae is a free personal project. For questions, bug reports, or feedback, email craigm26@gmail.com and I'll get back to you.

The photo won't identify a bird

Identification runs on-device; make sure the bird fills a good part of the frame and is in focus. If you're unsure, use "Find a bird by name" to record it manually — the app is fully usable that way.

My journal looks empty

Species appear once you record a sighting. Each species is faint at first and fills with colour the more often you see it.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Identification and your whole journal are on-device. Only name look-ups use the network, and results are cached.

Donating an outing to eBird

Finish an outing, open it, and tap “Prepare eBird export.” Share the file to yourself, then upload it at ebird.org/import/upload. You review it first — Exsiccatae never submits for you.

Distance on a walking outing

Start a Traveling outing with “Measure distance with GPS” on and Exsiccatae tracks the distance you cover (the blue status bar shows while it does). You can edit the number before finishing.