I've just sent them all my complaints. Do they act on suggestions they receive?
Peter Shute
Sent from my iPad
> On 7 Jun 2015, at 7:19 pm, Sonja Ross <> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> It is annoying! Have you tried to contact them about it?
>
> Sonja
>> On 7 Jun 2015, at 6:00 pm, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>>
>> The only way I've found to select a location not near me in Birdlog is to
>> select the Search Hotspots By City option, then enter the postcode of that
>> area. Then it lists all the hotspots in that area, which you can search by
>> entering a few letters. I don't know what you can do if you need to enter
>> data where there's no existing hotspot. Or if you don't know the postcode.
>>
>> Seems like a strange shortcoming of the app.
>>
>> Peter Shute
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On 6 Jun 2015, at 6:09 pm, Paul Coddington
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>> I usually just use the standard search function on the computer to jump to
>>> the species I want in the web interface, using the keyboard shortcuts so
>>> it’s faster (i.e. command F to search on my Mac), type in a few letters of
>>> the name (e.g “whist”), and then command G if it doesn’t go to the species
>>> I want (Whistling Kite instead of Golden Whistler) and I need to jump to
>>> the next one that matches what I typed in. It’s a bit slow but not too bad.
>>>
>>> Using the Birdlog app is really quick for entering data since you just type
>>> in a few letters and it autocompletes and then you just pick the species
>>> from the matches it presents. But I can’t figure out how to select
>>> locations that aren’t near you when you’re using the app, so you’d need to
>>> pick a bogus location (e.g. a personal location for your house) and then
>>> change the location to the actual place through the web interface once the
>>> list is uploaded from BirdLog.
>>>
>>>> On 6 Jun 2015, at 4:57 pm, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't mind entering lists for new trips as I do them, but I wish there
>>>> was a faster way to enter the backlog. Does anyone have any tips for doing
>>>> it quicker?
>>>>
>>>> The main trouble is that my notes list species as I encountered them,
>>>> which means trawling up and down the web page to find them to mark them
>>>> off. It would help if I knew the species list order off by heart, but I've
>>>> only got a rough idea where any species is in the list, so I have to
>>>> search for a lot of them. I've tried going through my notes doing all the
>>>> pigeons, then the parrots, etc, but that means I've got to go through them
>>>> multiple times, so it wastes as much time as it saves.
>>>>
>>>> Peter Shute
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>>> On 6 Jun 2015, at 2:53 pm, Paul Coddington
>>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I did the same as Mona, and agree that it’s rather mindless and laborious
>>>>> but very satisfying, and a good way to trigger nostalgic memories by
>>>>> reviewing all those old trips. I started with Australian trips where I
>>>>> saw lifers, and it only took me a couple of months or working on it now
>>>>> and then to get the Australian life list sorted, then I worked on trips
>>>>> that built my state list, then overseas trips, then everything else.
>>>>> Overall it took about a year but now it’s all done and it’s easy to enter
>>>>> new lists.
>>>>>
>>>>> eBird is a great resource, and the the more people use it, and the more
>>>>> information is added to it, the more useful it becomes.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 22:31:37 +1000
>>>>>> From: Mona Loofs Samorzewski <>
>>>>>> To: Adam Bruins <>
>>>>>> Cc: "" <>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Ebird
>>>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>>> <>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Adam
>>>>>>
>>>>>> eBird does specifically cater to this very issue, check out the ?How to
>>>>>> Upload Your Lifelist? help topic at
>>>>>> http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/973912
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you have the time and the inclination, all those lists in your 20-odd
>>>>>> notebooks would add fabulous data to eBird. I?ve spent about a year
>>>>>> uploading all of mine - kind of satisfying in a mindless, laborious sort
>>>>>> of way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good luck with it.
>>>>>> Mona
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4 Jun 2015, at 2:54 pm, Adam Bruins <> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey everyone
>>>>>>> Are there any savvy ebird users out there that could help me out? My
>>>>>>> son and I have would like to upload our life list to ebird but can't
>>>>>>> seem to find a way to do it without entering the exact date and other
>>>>>>> details. All we have is a all time list and about twenty little
>>>>>>> notebooks that would take years to sort through and upload. Any
>>>>>>> shortcuts please!
>>>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>>>> Adam Bruins
>>>>>
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