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before you pop that berry into your mouth you might want to check to find out if it's poisonous the handy app leave snap can help you do that after you download and install the free app onto your iPhone or iPad you can search an extensive photo collection of leaves flowers and fruit to learn more about a specific tree or perhaps you encounter an unknown species in the wild snap a photo and submit it for identification right now the database is limited but is expected to expand to cover the entire continental US there are several good apps out there for researching bird species but I like Peterson birds of North America this iphone and ipad app gives you access to its database of over 800 species of birds on this continent budding ornithologist will enjoy the beautiful color illustrations while uploading their own photos of locally found birds between these two apps spending time outside get a lot more interesting and techy in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News