Here's a really cool gift idea for tech savvy birdwatchers. Renowned author, Kenn Kaufman, of Kaufman Field Guide to Birds has partnered with Birds in the Hand, L.L.C. to create a new birding app for the iPhone® and iPod® touch.

BirdsEye Guides directs you to locations where the specific bird varieties have been spotted, along with information on the bird's behavior and habitat, and it even gives you directions. Wherever you travel, instantly pull up a list of birds seen nearby and a map of birding hotspots for the contiguous 48 states, Canada and Alaska. Images and audo for 470 species, and real-time access to bird observations submitted to the eBird database at the Cornell Lab are included.

Right now Amazon has discounted the iPod® touch by 10%. That's the best price I've found since you never see it on sale. I scooped one of these super popular tech gadgets up myself on Black Monday, but I see the discounted price is still in effect. The BirdsEye Guide App can be purchased at the Apple Store for $19.95.