Trouble Importing from Birders Diary

Adam Winer

Bill, what version of Birder's Diary is this?

Also, can you say exactly how you produced the export from within Birder's Diary?

I don't have the software myself, and this is very different from the export sample I received from another user. Not sure if it's because of a different version of Birder's Diary or a different export from within it.

2019-02-10T17:23:36+00:00

Bill Knapp reporter

Adam,

Thanks for your quick response, and on a Sunday. You should be out birding!

I am on version 5.0.54 of Birder’s Diary which, when I check for updates, tells me is the latest version.

To create my .csv file from Birder’s Diary I did File>Import/Export>Sightings>Export.

I have tried it without adding dates and adding a start and end date.

I hope this helps. I am not looking forward to manually adding 1,000 + sightings.

Bill Knapp 100 Central Ave, #1101 Sarasota, FL 34236 631.241.6687 (cell)

BTW, Scythebill was touted in the Sarasota rare bird alert by a satisfied user. I would be surprised if you didn’t get some new clients from that alert.

2019-02-10T19:15:04+00:00

Bill Knapp reporter

Adam,

I also imported the Csv file into excel and reexported it. Scythbill unsurprisingly couldn’t import that either.

Best, Bill Knapp

2019-02-12T14:10:13+00:00

Adam Winer

Thanks, BIll! The shortly-forthcoming version of Scythebill will support Birder's Diary 5 for real. I think that the existing support is what some much older version of Birder's Diary created, but can't say for sure.