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How to Purchase, Download, Import & Activate your new Taxonomic List

You may download anything available and presented on the right. The latest release of the program is on top followed by all taxonomic lists sorted by release date.

The tax lists that may be purchased and loaded separately for use with Birder's Diary. (Instructions) In addition, most taxonomic lists come with a separate "Checklist" import file. This file should be imported using the Checklist tab of the Import window. A checklist file associates the things in a taxonomic list with locations. It makes the tax list much more valuable.

If you are downloading Birder's Diary (not a taxonomic list) you will have complete access to any taxonomic list that you import into Birder's Diary during the demo period. After the demo period expires or you purchase Birder's Diary, you will only have access to those taxonomic lists which you have purchased. You may purchase licenses for each of the taxonomic lists at the Online Store.

The program comes in two formats:

  1. Network Installation. This is the most efficient means of installation over the internet. It will only download the portions required to fully install Birder's Diary. This can be twice as fast as downloading option #2. Clicking on this link will start the internet installation. Should network connectivity be broken during the installation, it will restart where it left off. Should this happen, just click on the link again to restart the installation.
  2. A single Setup file download. This file can be downloaded and burned onto a CD or run just like any program on your computer. This file is large; see the download info in the upper right of this page for the exact size. This is handy for installing on computers not on the Internet or with a slow internet connection. Just download it to a computer with a fast internet connection and burn it to a CD. Then take and install it on any computer you like. It is also handy for creating your own installation CD and avoiding the shipping charge at the online store for a physical CD shipped to your address. This file contains the entire installation.

Each of the taxonomic lists and checklists comes as a CSV-formatted file ready for importing into Birder's Diary using the Import feature. Detailed instructions.

Just click on the desired link to start the download.

  
Birder's Diary V3.5.56
>Updated Special Reports for 2005
>Improved 3rd party sightings import
Free to licensed users of 3.5.
Released December 19, 2005
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Updated: 04/11/2006