Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone knows of a program or excel spreadsheet that can be used as a checklist, so that you can ‘check’ off species in the field, then generate a list of species observed when back in the office? Surely in this age of technology there is some way of doing away with pen and paper….thoughts anyone?
Cheers,
Steve Sass
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Hi folks,
I find Birdsight AU good for recording sightings, but you need to be aware of the following problems with the CSV file it produces:
– The contents of the “state” and “country” fields are transposed – The 3rd last and 2nd last fields are not named, which can cause a problem with some software when importing the data which cause it to be treated as multiple fields by most other software – CSV means “comma separated values” and thus additional commas will result in additional values
I have an Excel 2007 macro that converts the CSV file from Birdsight into a CSV file suitable for importing into Eremaea Birds. If you would like a copy, e-mail me directly. *Neil Shelley*
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Hi Steve,
I also use Birdsight AU, but on an iPod Touch. Along with the Morcombe App and built in voice recorder, it is the complete field companion.
I have never found the screen brightness a problem, I set it high enough to compensate and if necessary shade the screen with my body.
It has a couple of little quirks, such as when you want to make an entry in the “notes” field for an observation, you have to backspace 4 times to remove the default value of “none”. Hopefully this and a couple of similar non-critical annoyances will be fixed in the next release.
I use it as my default field recorder, but always carry a notepad and pencil as backup.
Regards
Roger.
I use Birdsight AU on my iPhone. It’s a little more cumbersome than using a notebook and pen, especially in bright light, but it’s great for making a list at places you visit often. I also use the excellent Morecombe guide – almost exclusively for the calls. It’s so useful to have a set of calls plus a field guide in your pocket. There was supposed to be an iPad version of Morecombe but I’m not sure if it is out yet.
I’d be interested to see another Australian field guide in an iApp (and Android) format. I’d certainly buy it if it had a different set of calls – or perhaps some video clips of some of the difficult species and plumages. I’d probably buy it even if it didn’t have these – just out of curiosity.
Russell Woodford
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yes Alastair, I use Birdsight but usually only if notebook isnt handy. Though it is very useful when travelling/riding in car, as you can quickly pick up locations and times/dates of that cassowary stepping into the forest. For world birds, there’s ‘My Bird Observations’, which is similar (gets used mostly when notebook not nearby). Helen < ')/////==< ________________________________ Cc: "birding-aus@vicnet.net.au" Sent: Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 14:47
Steve I use an iphone app called Birdsight AU to record my sightings. When I get home I email the spreadsheet and make any changes in Apple’s ‘numbers’, before uploading the list to eremaea. My brother-in-law has written a fabulous applescript to convert the Birdsight format to eremaea so the changes I need to make are minimal (normally typos).
I can throughly recommend the app. Once you get used to Birdsight it really does become an indispensable part of your birding experience.
I would be interested to hear if other birders are using Birdsight (and numbers) Regards Alastair
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Steve,
There is an app called Birdsight Australia which may be of use. It is available from the iTunes store. Birdsight allows you to export your sightings as a CSV file, which you can then import into a spread sheet. There is also Birdsight China and Birdsight North America.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone knows of a program or excel spreadsheet that can be used as a checklist, so that you can ‘check’ off species in the field, then generate a list of species observed when back in the office? Surely in this age of technology there is some way of doing away with pen and paper….thoughts anyone?
Cheers,
Steve Sass
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Steve I use an iphone app called Birdsight AU to record my sightings. When I get home I email the spreadsheet and make any changes in Apple’s ‘numbers’, before uploading the list to eremaea. My brother-in-law has written a fabulous applescript to convert the Birdsight format to eremaea so the changes I need to make are minimal (normally typos).
I can throughly recommend the app. Once you get used to Birdsight it really does become an indispensable part of your birding experience.
I would be interested to hear if other birders are using Birdsight (and numbers) Regards Alastair
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G’day all
I have the Morcombe field guide on my iPod Touch. It is very good esp the calls of about 650 species. It is the only Australian guide available at present but I hear rumours others will come soon. There is a feature for entering species lists in the field and emailing them to yourself but I’ve not tested it.
I’m a big fan of these guides – good ones are now available for southern Africa, North America and Europe. No doubt more will come as the iPad (and similar) market develops.
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A list following IOC is available at http://www.tonypalliser.com/Australian_IOC_Checklist.xls. Alternatively there is a version of Morecombe for iPhones I think
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