Jeff,

Every month I use the BD2ebird tool to prepare my sightings for uploading to ebird. Twice now the program has stopped showing the most recent entries in the "Select Observations" drop down list. The last time this happened it was corrected by downloading the latest version of the toolkit. This time I have again downloaded the toolkit but this didn't correct it.

I have included a screenshot showing the top item on the drop down menu dated July 5, 2009. In Birder's Diary I have another 15 day/locations (from July 6 through July 19) that are not showing up. How can I find them?

Thanks,

Dave

Hi Dave,

By "...it is working again...", can I assume you mean that it is now showing the most recent listings in the Select Observations dropdown?

Gerco will be the one to investigate, but I just want to make sure we know what you mean.

Thanks,

Jeff

Great that your latest trips are listed again but it is weird that the tool behaves like this. Did you do anything different in term sof entering your observations?

As Jeff states, I am investigating this and updating the current code to ensure a more robust approach in determining if new trips have been added.

Gerco

I did another test where I added sightings for a new date (today). Closed BD.

Then I checked the BD2Ebird tool and the new sighting date showed in the Observations list.

I then closed the tool, started BD and deleted the sightings for the new date. Closed BD.

Then started the BD2Ebird tool, and the deleted sighting still appeared in the Observations list.

So while the tool successfully detects new sightings, it does not seem to detect changes and/or deletions.

Regards,

Jim

Gosh, I go on a one-day business trip and people start talking about the Toolkit. I too run into the problem, that I update location names, delete them, etc. The good news is that a tool that allows you to manage (update/delete) your locations will be available in the next version of the toolkit.  An initial version I am already testing.

Gerco