Patent ID: 8571259

Claim:
A system for automatic identification of wildlife in the field comprising: a viewing device comprising a digital image sensor operable to capture a digital image of a wildlife specimen viewed by a user through said viewing device, and an optical viewing device; an image processing device comprising a power source, an image storage memory, a digital image processor executing a wildlife recognition program, a global positioning system receiver and a display which are electrically interconnected, and wherein said image processing device is operable to be carried by a user in the field; a wildlife server comprising a data storage medium including a database and a processor executing a database program, operable to store wildlife identification data; wherein said optical viewing device is connected in communication with said image processing device and is operable to transfer said digital image to said image processing device; wherein said image processing device is operable, following a single input by said user, to generate an identification of said wildlife specimen and to store said digital image, said identification, and at least one of: an associated location, time, and date, corresponding to said digital image; wherein said wildlife server is connected in communication with said image processing device and is operable to receive at least one of said digital image, said identification and said associated location, time and date from said image processing device; wherein the database provides a continuously updated compilation of wildlife data captured in the field by multiple users; and wherein said display displays a said identification to said user.