Thanks to all who have responded both directly and publicly to my cry for
help in compiling a world list from hand written lists over 50 years+ of
birding.
I've decided to go with ebird, but did find Scythebill rather tempting.
Gratefully,
Rob Gully
0434 140 880
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Steve Clark
Sent: Friday, 19 February 2016 10:29 PM
To: Graeme Stevens; Birding-Aus
Subject: How to compile a world Bird List
G'day all
This issue becomes more difficult the longer you leave it. My list has
evolved through dBase, Wings and now Scythebill over nearly 30 years. The
beauty of all of these and other systems is that they were all able to
import from and export to a standard spreadsheet file (e.g. Excel).
Starting from scratch I would now strongly recommend Scythebill for many
reasons. It is in active development, handles Clements and IOC taxonomy inc.
subspecies, can import and export eBird files and is updated quickly when
taxonomy changes. It is also free and in the public domain so if the author
lost interest tomorrow others could continue the development.
It also works with Macintosh, Windows and Linux computers.
I'm a big fan!
I realise it can be daunting when one has several decades of records but
starting today with Scythebill is better than stuffing around with a
spreadsheet system.
http://blog.scythebill.com <http://blog.scythebill.com/?m=1>
Cheers
Steve Clark
Hamilton, Victoria
On Friday, 19 February 2016, Graeme Stevens <> wrote:
> Thanks for that question Rob and I will also be keen to have the
> invaluable advice of the list!
> Retirement looms, expeditions have been numerous and the pile of
> notebooks mounts! Including from the years living in HK and Malaysia.
> How many have I seen? No idea.
> The pleasure from revisiting those experiences and compiling a list
> looks very tempting (but once completed how to keep up to date with
> the splits and lumps?)
>
> Indeed valuable to know what others do if the time can be spared.
>
> Graeme Stevens
>
>
> > From: <javascript:;>
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> > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:00:39 +1100
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] How to compile a world Bird List
> >
> > After 50 years of birding I've decided to compile a world bird list.
> Having
> > looked what software's available on the internet it looks a daunting
> task to
> > enter numerous old bird lists on programs available. Any suggestions
> > as
> to
> > what is the simplest way to compile suc a list.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob Gully
> >
> > 0434 140 880
> >
> >
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