I too have emailed the Birdsight AU developer on a couple of occasions with a
number of suggestions for improvement and did receive a reply along the lines
that there was not enough interest in the app and it was not worth them fixing.
Alastair
On 31/08/2012, at 3:55 PM, Roger Giller <> wrote:
> I also use Birdsight AU but it could use a few improvements. Annoying little
> things like when you want to add a new location you tap on "Add a new
> Location" and it opens a new page with the "Name" field already filled
> with "New Location" and the cursor flashing after the second word. Why not
> just leave the field empty?
>
> Similarly when you want to add some notes for an individual observation the
> Notes field opens with the word "none" in it and you have to backspace 4
> times to clear it.
>
> I have emailed the developer(s) more than once but received no reply.
>
> I fear its use for uploading direct to sites such as Eremaea or eBird would
> be limited by changes in the taxonomy given their apparent reluctance to
> update.
>
> Roger.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Knowles
> Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012 11:10 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Listing software -apps for iPads
>
> We have used Birdsight for some years and found it useful. We also
> work from a Mac. However it has some problems at present. A bug
> which was corrected in 2010 caused the app to crash when you tried to
> email results. This has resurfaced and a number of queries has not
> resulted in any action.
>
>
> Susan Knowles
>
>
>
>
> On 30/08/2012, at 6:28 PM, Alastair Smith wrote:
>
>> ...and very soon (possibly this week) you will be able to directly
>> upload your sightings from Birdsight Au to Eremaea.
>> It is important to note that Birdsight Au (and I presume MBO) only
>> allows you to create lists and does not allow you to do any analysis.
>> Regards
>> Alastair
>>
>> On 30/08/2012, at 5:00 PM, Carl Clifford <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> If you only want am app for Australia, try Birdsight AU, or if you
>>> want world wide there is My Bird Observations (MBO). Both allow you
>>> to generate CSV files for importing into an appropriate application
>>> on you desk/laptop computer. I use Birdsite AU and have used
>>> Birdsight China and found them OK. Have not tried MBO, but it looks
>>> pretty good and is not as Euro or US centric as other birding apps.
>>> It uses the IOC nomenclature.
>>>
>>> I can't advise on applications for non iOS devices as I use Macs.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Carl Clifford
>>>
>>> On 30/08/2012, at 3:04 PM, Mark Young <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> G'day everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I've been using Eremea recently for listing my sightings, which I
>>>> think is
>>>> a great application, but I want more versatility and greater
>>>> reporting
>>>> options than what Eremea currently offers.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone recommend any software that might give me these
>>>> options? I'm
>>>> particularly interested in ones that have an app for iPads.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mark Young
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