Can AI Improve Your Birding?

I am someone who haven’t used the new AI chatbots much, but I have been curious about how they might be useful in the things I do. So when I read in the Summer 2026 Avocet (from Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance) about how Matthew Dodder (an old friend and birding mentor) decided to try AI as a tool to plan some birding trips, I figured I’d try out Claude and see if it would give me useful suggestions. I asked Claude two questions:I am planning a "big day" birding outing for Kitsap county, washington in June and would like advice on the best way to maximize number of speciesWhat are the best accessible birding locations in kitsap county washington for someone with limited mobilityHere are edited versions of what Claude gave me — editing is because each response was very, very detailed.The Big DayKitsap County Big Day Birding Hotspots Point No Point County Park: Top priority — IBA, marine + wetland habitat, shorebirds, loons, pigeon guillemots, ospreyFoulweather Bluff Preserve: Tidal…