Good reasons to get a Pocket PC Computer

Pocket Bird Recorder

It can be a GPS unit

A small but powerful computer

and a cell phone / text messaging / Wi-Fi / camera

Now Compatible with all Windows Mobile 5 devices

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Click Links below to view Flash Demos, then return to this page to order ($50 with purchase of Wildlife Recorder or Wildlife Lister)

Pocket Bird Recorder Demos

Pocket Bird Recorder 4.1 software installs on your Pocket PC and allows you to:

• Enter your bird or butterfly sightings in minutes on your Pocket PC
• Find out how many species you have seen on any particular day
• Find out how many species you have seen on your trip
• Find out how many new species you have recorded
• Rapidly exchange data with your desktop listing package
• With its simple and rapid data entry capabilities and the ability to exchange data with your desktop package, Pocket Bird Recorder allows you to record sightings in the field, making your records more accurate and save time at your computer.

The date and time of the trip are automatically set to the current date and time. Key in the entire site name or part of the name. The site is searched for in the site selection list as you key in the name, you can select a name from the list by clicking on it in the list of site names.

Enter Sightings

Once the trip site has been accepted the species sighting form will be displayed:

Selecting species: You can select a species seen during the trip by clicking in the check box to the left of the name of the species in the list. Clicking in the check box toggles it's selection state (shown by a tick to the left of the name).

Work with existing sightings

Displaying the Sightings Lists

The following actions can be performed from the context menu by holding down the stylus in the species screen area: Review Species Selections  - Update existing species entries, remove species and Add more sightings to the trip.  The New Sighting form will be displayed. Enter the new sightings as described for Entering a New Trip.

Display your Places

You may click on or choose Menu|File|Places to display the Places (your sites) stored in Pocket Bird Recorder:

Display a List of Species

Select Menu|File|Species or the button.

You can change the comparison list ABA, World, State, by selecting from the drop-down at the top of the species list. All the species loaded onto the device are displayed. This species can be compared with the comparison lists selected in Wildlife Lister database software and with the current summary of species recorded on the device. The following symbols may be found to the left of the species name. The species is not on the selected comparison list and has not been recorded on the device. The species is not on the selected comparison list but has been recorded on the device   The species is on the comparison list but has not been recorded on the device. The species is on the comparison list and has been recorded on the device.

 Sightings - You can display the individual sighting for a species by selecting the species choosing Sightings from the context menu..

Back up and Restore your data

Sightings data held on a Compact Flash or Secure Digital card is retained even if the device loses power or is damaged. And with this feature, you can put many different databases besides Birds on your device, such as Butterflies, Dragonflies, etc. It is possible to maintain several sets of backups on the storage card by giving a set a unique name of your own choosing:

Play Sounds 

The latest innovation of Pocket Bird Recorder is the Play Sounds feature - If you have a sound clip  (.wav file) for the species on your storage card you can play the sound file  choosing Play Sound from the context menu. The Play Sound screen appears and you can select single play or Repeat sound continuous and play of the wav file. This new feature of Pocket Bird Recorder is only available with Pocket PC devices with Compact Flash or Secure Digital cards installed. Sound files are not provided but can be used from your personal sources, such as bird song CDs.

• Provided with Western Palearctic and Nearctic species databases
• Flexible queries
• Other species lists (e.g. mammals, butterflies, etc.) can be uploaded from your desktop system and switchable in the field *
• Stand-alone use (requires desktop PC for installation) or in conjunction with our software suites*
• Comprehensive records keeping for trips and sightings
• Export data to desktop PC
• Recording of geographical data
• Full integration with Wildlife Lister or Wildlife Recorder database software (the full featured desktop PC database)
• Automatically summarizes sightings into a list.
• Windows utility to allow file exchange with other desktop systems
• Counts total species seen on the trip or any day.
• Complete on device help and PC tutorial
• Counts species new to you*
• Installed, printable instructions and tutorial.

* Requires a suitable desktop Bird Records system - either Wildlife Lister or Wildlife Recorder database software

Note: The screen size on most Pocket PC devices is 320 by 240 pixels (about 3.0 by 2.25 inches)

• Pocket Bird Recorder will run on any Pocket-PC with the following specification:
• Processor : Intel StrongARM, Hitachi SH or MIPS processors, (4mb or more of RAM recommended)
• Communications cable attachment to the desktop PC.
• Operating System: 3.0 and Microsoft Activsync communications software (provided with your device)

$50 Includes shipping (via U.S. Post Office Priority with delivery confirmation). Specify type of device. See our Order Page .  Pocket Bird Recorder can only be purchased with Wildlife Lister or Wildlife Recorder database software.