The perfect phone for a birder?

["Tony Russell" <>]

When going off any beaten track I always take a GPS, spare batteries, a
magnetic compass, and maps if obtainable. Then there are the other
things to take note of before setting off - any visible landscape
features, fences, sun position, wind direction, cloud direction,
orientation of any roads which might have traffic noises.
 I lost myself once for twenty minutes in mallee scrub without any of
these, never again.  I got out by listening for traffic and bisecting
the noise start /finish directions.  Luckily a vehicle went by within
earshot.  I emerged half a kilometre from where I had gone in.

Tony


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Alan Gillanders
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:09 PM
To: Dave & Marj; 
Subject: The perfect phone for a birder?


Dave,
I agree with you.
My off the beaten track walking is usually done in dense rainforest
where 
the tools you mention are useful but limited.
Regards,
Alan