Hi Ted. This is Daniel Bastaja up in Vancouver, Canada replying on Thur.
Jan. 2nd, 2003. I think "Maplist" by Flying Emu Software shows both seasonal
abundance in tabular format and also on a map of a species range. I think
this program used to cover only the lower 48 states but it now says on the
Flying Emu website that it covers the world. I have never used the program,
nor checked it out in detail, so I have no idea how complete or
comprehensive it is, but you can look into it yourself by visiting
www.flyingemu.com/maplist.html

I have a website for beginner birders at www.birdingfaqs.com and at the end
of the "Clubs, Publications, Internet and Birding Software" section there is
a list, with hyperlinks, of all bird listing software currently available
(that I am aware of that is).

Regards,
Daniel Bastaja
e-mail: birdingfaqs at hotmail.com


>From: "Ted Kenefick" <tedk at nwlink.com>
>Reply-To: tedk at nwlink.com
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Birding Software Question
>Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 22:14:45 -0800
>
>Hi Tweeters,
>
>Is there software out there which not only provides bird lists for regions
>-
>i.e.
>countries, states, provinces, counties etc. - but also details abundance
>codes?
>Is there any way to go to Avisys for example and find out that Social
>Flycatcher is considered "Common" in Costa Rica while Eurasian Dotterel is
>a
>"Vagrant" in Washington State? I'm guessing that perhaps the software is
>not
>sophisticated enough but more than likely the inconceivably massive
>amount of data entry required for such a project has not been attempted.
>The
>other major obstacle, of course, is that birds are not distributed neatly
>across
>human political boundaries i.e. Black-billed Magpie is quite a common bird
>east
>of the Cascades but a rarity west of the crest. On the whole, however,
>this
>species
>could be classified as common in the state. Are there any plans among the
>software
>producers to attempt this breakdown?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Cheers,
>Ted Kenefick
>Seattle, WA
>
>tedk at nwlink.com


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