The latest taxonomy from Clements/eBird, AOS and ABA, smarter searches, more importing options and an "achievements" screen are the highlights of this update.
• New sort orders: You can now sort all your checklists by Species Count or by Theme (color) in addition to the previous List Type, Alphabetical, Created and Modified sort orders.
• Searches inside a checklist now ignore hyphens, apostrophes, and leading and trailing blank spaces, making it more resilient and easier to type. Thanks to a user who suggested this really useful feature!
• Achievements—when you tap on the checklist count at the top of the screen, you'll now see a few fun statistics, such as how many species and bird families you've seen. This feature was suggested by a user. Let me know how you like it and what statistics would be most interesting to track.
• Tapping the checkbox in a checklist now defaults to incrementing the observed count (you can disable this in Settings by turning off "Enable One Tap").
• New settings allow you to include/exclude family names and scientific names from searches within a checklist. This was also requested by a user.
• In the Settings screen, "About Birdathon" now shows the version, and is blue to make it clear it's a link to more information.
• When importing a straight text file of common names you can choose to create a list template or import as a filled-in checklist. The count will be 1 for each species and the date/time will be the time of the import. Files exported from Birdathon using "Export Summary to CSV" can also be imported as a template or a checklist.
• Downloaded eBird checklists can now be imported. Note that not all the data in an eBird checklist gets imported into Birdathon — most notably, the map location and the checklist comments are lost, as eBird doesn't export that information.
• Files on iCloud Drive that hadn't yet been synced with your device are now handled correctly.
• Switching templates in a checklist will now also update the custom rarity of already-observed birds if the new template contains custom rarities (e.g. the Santa Clara County 2021 Checklist). If the new template does not have a custom rarity for the bird, it's custom rarity will remain unchanged.
• The List Statistics (button at the bottom of a checklist) now shows you the list name and type. If you've overridden duration in the eBird Report window, the List Statistics will now also show you calculated vs reported duration.
• In the Summary view, the button for setting date ranges had stopped working. Thanks to a user for spotting this one!
• The Summary view now remembers the last date range you selected.
• Fixed a bug in Summary view where the date range calculations could incorrectly use non-bird observations or observations in checklists that had "Include in Summary" disabled.
• Fixed a bug on the iPod touch (and possibly other small-screen iOS devices) where the "Start" button was disabled when attempting to create a new checklist.
• Improved compatibility with iOS 15. This mostly means fixes for drawing or graphical layout of user interface elements
• There are lots of other little bug fixes, performance improvements and adjustments to make things look and behave nicely
• I am always looking for ideas on how to make Birdathon better and more useful for your checklisting needs. Please send feedback to
[email protected] with your cool ideas, bug reports or just to say "hello" and let me know how Birdathon works for you.