1Send me your story
I genuinely want to know how you use this — what worked well AND what could be better. It shapes what I build next. This is the one I look forward to most.
Tell me about it →Support
Ways to support me.
Project Kestrel is one person, a lot of weekends, and a good number of birds. It grows when people use it, share what they make with it, and tell me what to fix. Here are some ways you can directly help me. Money is only one item on the list.
2Share a Perch
Publish a Perch and share it with someone. Each Perch not only tells a bird story, but it also shows what Kestrel can do. It's the best argument for this project I could ask for.
See what a Perch looks like →3Use Cloud Compute
If your machine is slow at the heavy lifting, Cloud Compute does it for you — and it is one of the two things that fund development directly. Paying for what you actually use keeps the desktop app free for everyone who does not.
How Cloud Compute works →4Tell someone who would like it
Word of mouth is how nearly everyone here found the project. A mention in a birding club, a photography forum, or a reply in the birders group chat does more than any ad I could afford.
5Rate the app
Store ratings determine whether other people can discover Kestrel on their own. A couple seconds can make a major impact.
Rate on the Microsoft Store →Make a Donation
If the app saved you an afternoon and you would like to put something behind it, you can. It goes toward the running costs and the next batch of weekends. Thank you, and happy birding.
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