You can import and export Custom Lists. You can share your custom list with a friend via email or you can share it with the whole world. To share your list with the world, post a message in the Share Custom Lists Forum to let others know about your list. If you do offer to share your Custom List, please clearly identify the contents in the title of your Forum posting. This will help others decide if they want to download your Custom List. We certainly do not have any strict rules, but here are some helpful suggestions:
Make titles like this…
Birds of Central Park, New York
Birds Nesting in Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Birds Eaten by John James Audubon
Red woodland Birds of Colorado
Birds at my Feeder in January in Ithaca, NY
25 most-wanted Birds for Texas Visitors
Not like this…
Pete’s favorite birds
Birds at my feeder
Texas Birds I need for my life list
To Add (download) a Custom List to the Forum, you first need to save it on your computer.
1. Open version 4 of the program and click the Custom List icon.
2. Create a Custom List on your computer. You may add birds manually or use the ID Wizard to help create the list.
3. Save your new Custom List.
4. In Windows, click the word "File" in the upper left portion of the Custom List screen and then click Export. In Mac, click the Export icon.
6. Save the Custom List to your desktop and name the file so you will remember it.
7. Access the Internet and open the Thayer Birding Software Forum at www.ThayerBirding.com
8. Log in to the Thayer Birding Software web site so that you are able to post to the Forums.
9. Click on the Custom List Swap Forum.
10. Click Post to start a new Thread
11. Title your post with the name of your Custom File. Use a name that will mean something to users worldwide.
12. Write a very brief description of the Custom List.
13. Check the box at the bottom that says "I want to preview my post and/or attach a file"
14. Click the "Continue" button
15. Click the "Browse" button and find the Custom List on your desktop.
16. Click OK.
17. Click the "Continue" button
To email someone your Custom List, follow steps 1-6 above. Then simply attach the file you your email. Your friend will copy the file onto his computer and then import it following steps 6-11 shown below.
To Get (upload) a Custom List from the Forum and add it to your computer
1. Log on to the Internet and go to www.ThayerBirding.com
2. Click the Custom List Swap Forum.
3. Open the Posting of the Custom List you want to Download.
4. Click on the word "Attachment" at the top of the post -- it will be a hyperlink and underlined.
5. Save the File to your desktop. Do this by clicking "File" at the very top left of your computer screen and then select "Save As". Set the Save In box to "Desktop". Click OK.
6. Open your Thayer Birding Software birding program version 4.
7. Click the Custom List icon
8. In the upper left corner of the Custom List screen, click on the word File.
9. Click Import. Select the location of the file and then click Open.
10. The Custom List will now appear on your computer with the other Custom Lists.
11. Just remember that Custom Lists created using one Title (i.e. Birds of Alaska), may include birds that are not included in other titles (i.e. Birds of Florida). In that case, only those birds common to both Titles will appear when you import a Custom List. So importing a Custom List called "20 Desert Birds of Nevada" may only result in a Custom List with 2-3 species if you have the Birds of Maine installed on your computer. You can upgrade from the My State or Province to the full version
You may now use this Custom List to take a quiz. You may also click on "Filter" and select this Custom List to study just those birds on the list.