The smartphone application has had a couple of improvements since the original release. a.. The location field is "remembered" when a county is changed and restored to the previous name b.. A problem with deleting an entry/location has been fixed c.. The location field is repeated on all blank entries so you know what location will be used when a box is clicked d.. The migration information has been extended so the migration date is shown for species that are out of season It has been interesting to see the increase of number of species on the gadget as the migration date comes. Early Spring the application showed only Yellow-remped Warbler as a possible warbler. Later in April and May, all the warblers were shown. This application uses the median migration dates compiled by Paul Budde and displays a species when the migration date has arrived. The application also uses the Common, Uncommon, Occasional, Rare designations for each of the Minnesota counties, compiled by Robert Janssen.
As we travel through Minnesota, its interesting to see the application change counties as a county boundary is crossed. If the GPS is enabled and tracking, it appears to be even more exact than the highway signs. As others have noted, this application is not for general use outside of Minnesota. It is not in competition with BirdLog, the entry method used for eBird. If you have requests for improvement of this tool, please send me a note. Thanks. --- David Cahlander [email protected] Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
