On the Wing #13: Bird Observer
Alpha code. Date Seen. Location. # Seen. Name of Observer. Repeat. This has been my progress since meeting with Marjorie Rines of Bird Observer magazine yesterday afternoon. The task is to assist in the creation of additional BO records that are dated pre-1994 (which they have records for already). Seems simple, right? However, I've been at this for two hours and I've only just broken into the herons. It's extremely tedious, but building a database always is, and I know I'll be pleased with the end product, but still know there's a long way to go. I got to this point by making the rounds on the jobs sites as well as emailing various bodies that might consider my work on these fledgling blogs of mine. After contacting BO by mentioning my blogs and prior authorship in the magazine, I was contacted by Ms. Rines and we set up a meeting at her house. (If any of you have the August 2000 edition of BO, there's an article in there detailing the life history of the...