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- From: gbrower@acpub.duke.edu (Gary Brower)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Re: field notes
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- Date: 24 Jan 93 11:21:41 GMT
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- I've tried the tape-recorder method for recording bird notes (as opposed to
- bird song :-)). I did have a problem getting around to transcribing them;
- I guess it depends on your temperament.
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- Personally, I use a small (about 5x8) spiral bound notebook -- it's about
- the same size as an Audubon Field Guide, and so fits in the same little
- belt bag.
-
- On the other hand, I was recently on a birding trip where I noticed that
- someone had one of those "Day-at-a-glance" calendars (you know, every
- day has a page devoted to it). If you are primarily interested in keeping
- track of birds seen, numbers, weather, etc, _and_ you do a lot of birding,
- this looked like a great idea. You would have all your records by year, etc.
- If you do lots of extensive field notes, though, I doubt it would work
- as well as a spiral book (or a recorder).
-
- Gary
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