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- From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
- Subject: Re: Field Notes
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:11:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.191100.24231@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- References: <1993Jan21.182958.13576@pixel.kodak.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.182958.13576@pixel.kodak.com>, tgl@ssd.kodak.com (Tom Lathrop) writes:
- > I am relatively new to birding, and am interested in learning what other
- > birders use for making notes in the field. I tried using a small spiral-
- > bound notebook, but it hasn't stood up well to being tossed in my
- > birding bag with other paraphernalia. Also, what sort of notes do you
- > make? I've mostly recorded the date, weather, location, and species seen.
- > In the case of a bird I don't know, I'll usually write a description,
- > then look up the bird in the field guide and write down what I think it
- > is. That way, if the bird flies away before I can find it in the field
- > guide, at least I have a written description. But should I be writing more
- > than this?
- >
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- I've found a small microcasette recorder to be very useful. You can record
- a lot of observations without taking your eyes off what you are looking
- at. It is also useful for recording photographic information and much quicker
- than trying to write things down.
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- Bob Atkins AT&T Bell Labs email (direct) att!clockwise!rma
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