Both Wildlife Recorder and AviSys support the Palm; I guess both would
support the Treo.  Wildlife Recorder also supports the Pocket PC (the
Windows-based handheld, e.g., Dell Axim or HP iPAQ).  Palm support has
been planned for Birders Diary, but it's not yet available.

Bill

Rob Thorn wrote:
> 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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