My experience with J-Bird, a free database, is that the program is just half of
it. Getting a decent master list into it can be a struggle, especially if you
want a world list with the names of the Australian subset matching what we
commonly use.
Maybe I just didn't know where to look, but I found myself getting more deeply
into taxonomy than I ever expected to.
It was good fun, but I was spending too much time on it, so I ended up using
Eremaea's online database instead - now they look after that side of it for me.
Peter Shute
-----Original Message-----
From: on behalf of Carl Clifford
Sent: Sun 30/12/2007 1:01 PM
To: Birding-Aus Aus
Cc:
Subject: DIY Birding Database
Dear All,
I have been trying out Bento, a database program produced by
FileMaker. I am amazed how simple it was to make a database for
birding sightings. It took me about !.5 hours to produce it, starting
scratch to finished product, not bad, considering that I had no
previous database experience.
I recommend anyone with a Mac running OS 10.5x to download Bento and
give it a trial. The program is still in the Public Beta stage but I
couldn't find any problems with it. It is so simple that an old
dodderer like me can use it.
I have been using Wings and BirdBrain for my sightings, but it looks
like I will be switching when the final release of Bento comes out.
All I have to do now is work out how to port my sightings to it.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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