Birders

cpwm17

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2. I use Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Wed Dec 7, 2011, 05:32 PM

Dec 2011

I keep both checklists and separate lists in the order I found them with date and location.

I keep checklists for every state (since I like to travel, and I've lived in a number of states), but only detailed lists for a few of the more important states and my life list. Excel keeps my running totals. Excel makes it simple and I spend very little time on the lists.

You can Google up the checklists to put on the spreadsheet.

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Do you keep your life list in an actual journal, on the computer, or in your head? [View all] Jamastiene Dec 2011 OP

I notate in my Peterson Field Guide. GentryDixon Dec 2011 #1

Me too jpak Dec 2011 #6

I use Microsoft Excel spreadsheet cpwm17 Dec 2011 #2

It took me a while to get over the stigma against writing in books XemaSab Dec 2011 #3

I may have to do just that. Jamastiene Dec 2011 #4

If you're thinking about things like arrival dates XemaSab Dec 2011 #5

partly my head, mostly in a notebook I take with me on vacations... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #7

It's all in my head. stevedeshazer Dec 2011 #8

You can purchase a nice birder's journal from Nat Geo semillama Dec 2011 #9

Is that different than the National Geographic Society's Jamastiene Dec 2011 #10

Yes. It's a journal with all the North American bird species semillama Dec 2011 #11