The "main" Birder's Diary is resident on your computer, so the speed of saving
sightings is completely dependent on the speed of your computer. Even on a
slower computer, however, it happens virtually immediately. If you're entering
historical records or choose to input manually rather than using the mobile
app, this is the method you'll use.
The alternative is to use their mobile app for entering sightings during an
outing, much as is done via the eBird app. This app is cloud-based, but
sightings are saved immediately. You then have to import the sightings file(s)
from the app to your PC. I haven't used this function myself (I still prefer
to use paper and pen in the field), but it looks pretty seamless once you've
gotten through the process the first time.
From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Gerard
Lillie
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2021 5:20 PM
To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ligockibirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [obol] Re: Birders Diary
I have been curious about Birder's Diary. I have been using iGoTerra for a
couple of years but am unhappy with how long it takes for a sighting to be
uploaded to the cloud (I have years of lists from the U.S. and many foreign
countries to enter). Is data entry swift? Or is there a wait period for the
entry to finalize? Also, is it cloud based?
Thanks, Gerard
Gerard Lillie
Portland, OR
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Subject: [obol] Birders Diary is
I don't know how many of you use the listing program Birder's Diary, but Marti
and I have been using it for almost 15 years, and we find it indispensable. I
particularly want to give a public shout-out to their technical support.
During a recent computer system upgrade, our bird database was damaged. When I
contacted Birders Diary support, the developer/programmer was willing and able
to access my computer and troubleshoot the issue. Using related files in the BD
directory, he was able to resurrect and reconstruct the database. As a result,
we've not lost one bird sighting from our 30 years of records. He also set up a
better backup routine and linked our program version to the latest Clements
list. What a relief.
I'd be happy to give more information to anyone interested.
