Do any of you know which program might be programmable into a Palm or Treo?
The real power of these spreadsheet programs is that you could log your
sightings in during a trip and then simply upload them into your computer.
This kind of 'real-time' data collection could save time and prevent the
kind of 'data inflation' that occurs when we try to remember a trip list
after-the-fact.

Rob


> [Original Message]
> From: Bob Powell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 12/4/2006 8:47:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Bird List Documentation help
>
> Bill Heck's run-down of the available software pretty much jibes with my
> experience.  I have used Bird Base and Avisys extensively and prefer the
> latter.  I am currently checking out the Woodstar Field Diary, which is a
> free-form data base that offers the promise of much greater flexibility
than
> AviSys.  You can download a crippled test version of Woodstar from
>
> http://www.tody-soft.com/
>
> Another thing you might consider, particularly if you are just starting
out
> and don't have a great many records to process, is simply collecting your
> records in a spreadsheet.  Most spreadsheets these days can handle 64,000
> rows and the next version of MS Office is supposed to be able to handle
> 1,000,000.  Keeping your records in a flat file format is dreadfully
> wasteful of memory, but we all have memory to burn these days.  The
> spreadsheet metaphor is easy to learn (MUCH easier than relational
database
> managers) and allow you to slice and dice the data just about anyway you
> want.  And you don't even have to enrich Microsoft if you don't want to.
> The OpenOffice project offers a free office suite, including a very good
> spreadsheet, under the open software license at
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/
>
> The main thing, though, is to start keeping records, even if you just
write
> them down in one of those speckledy composition books we used to use in
> school.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> On 12/4/06, Stephen Cunliffe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > I would like to add a specific request to Phillip's.  I have never used
> > software for listing in my very short career as a birder, but am
> > interested
> > in doing so. Coming to an end of my first year, and it would be
> > interesting
> > to tally things up.  Any recommendations?  I have a Mac, but I think I
can
> > run Windows programs on it
> > Many thanks,
> > Stephen
> >
> > On 12/4/06, Phillip North <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > As a relatively new birder and an avid reader of this site,  I would
> > like
> > > some ideas/help on bird list documentation.
> > >
> > > I currently am keeping a lifelist and a yr list with bare bones
> > > documentation of name date and place. I have not been in the habit of
> > > doing a list each time I go out.  What techniques/software/lists do
you
> > > more experienced birders keep and can you point me to some good
> > resources.
> > > My interet was sparked by the kestrel thread as I see Kestrels almost
> > > everytime I go to Pickerington Ponds in SE Columbus.  However, I have
> > not
> > > been keeping any longitudinal data and would like to start doing so.
> > >
> > > Thanks Phillip
> > >
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