Version 6.3

  • V6.3 Build 43 – 4-Jul-2026
    • Improved Reconcile AI prompt generation with a stronger default prompt focused on primary taxonomy sources, splits/lumps, resulting species, ranges, and citations.
    • Added support for replacing old/new taxonomy placeholders in Reconcile AI prompts from shared prompt-building code.
    • Added a prompt-template update check so users can adopt the latest default Reconcile AI prompt.
    • Fixed Reconcile probable-match SQL handling for taxon names containing apostrophes.
    • Fixed issue where latest release taxonomy comparisons could fail to properly replace old/new taxonomy references.
    • Added confirmation before inserting SPUHs and SLASHes into the new taxonomy during reconciliation.
    • Added File menu access for Auto-Import Downloaded Taxonomic Lists.
    • Fixed auto-import cleanup so imported taxonomic lists are removed from the startup/import grid after taxonomy and checklist import complete, even when later steps are skipped.
    • Adjusted menu icon positions after the new File menu item.
  • V6.3 Build 42 – 1-Jul-2026
    • Fixed bug in the Reconcile feature introduced via the recent changes. Fixed an issue where the Thing Description contained an apostrophe.
  • V6.3 Build 41 – 30-Jun-2026
    • Redesigned and Improved the Find Any Feature (F1) window.
      • Added some missing features that were new or otherwise missing from this functionality.
      • Added 90% of all the common Help Topics (e.g. How to Add Photos to your Sightings)
      • Added some of the more popular Videos to the list.
      • Added an option to Auto-Show on Startup; disabled via checkbox.
      • Added an option to send an email to Support to report an issue or suggest a new item be added.
  • V6.3 Build 40 – 29-Jun-2026
    • Updated Find Any Feature to add a few more new features to its list of known features: World Lifer Report and Show Photos Near Today, to name a couple.
    • Completely redesigned and overhauled the Backup/Restore window.
      • This functionality is much more robust and informative.
      • Added new Purge (Keep at most X backups) feature.
      • Added new default file naming feature. 
      • New backup history table showing where and when recent backups occurred. 
      • New Restore support.
      • New Delete functionality to delete any backup in the history.
  • V6.3 Build 39 – 27-Jun-2026
    • Changed the default prompt to include old and new taxonomic list names in the prompt. After much testing it was determined that this new prompt works better than the previous default.
      I am a birdwatcher. I am upgrading my list of birds seen from “Birds – Clements-Cornell – World 2024” to “Birds – AviList – World 2025”. I need a list of splits and lumps that have occurred from the former to the latter taxonomic list for the species formerly known as “Andean Duck”. Also, for each current species defined in the latter, give me its geographic/political range.
  • V6.3 Build 38 – 26-Jun-2026
    • Major redesign of the 2nd Reconcile Window – ‘Reconcile Sightings for Specific Taxon’
      • It is smaller and more functional; and hopefully more intuitive.
      • The layout and functionality has changed.
        • Unused or obsolete features have been removed.
        • Parts of the window have been moved so the flow makes more sense.
      • Sightings
        • The Sightings grid now has a Country column along with the specific location.
        • It is sorted by default on Country and Location. This is usually more in line with how Sightings are resassigned (e.g. by Country/Location).
        • You also have the option to sort by ‘Date Seen’.
        • The ‘Select Sightings by Location’ feature:
          • Selects the Sightings for that location and scrolls to the first one in the list.
          • The caption on the Sightings table now shows how many Sightings are selected.
      • AI Features
        • This has been completely redesigned from the previous implementation based on a year of use and feedback from users. It is more in line the best way to use AI.
        • Each time this window opens, it will auto-generate an AI Prompt for use with your favorite AI Agent.
        • Keep a browser window (or other AI Agent window) open to your favorite AI Agent and just paste the Prompt into it each time you come to this window.
        • Configure your AI Prompt using the ‘AI Config’ button on the first taxon to be reconciled.
  • V6.3 Build 37 – 22-Jun-2026
    • Photos Near This date Collage now includes both Sightings photos and Trip photos. It selects up to five unique photos nearest the selected month/day, favors higher-rated photos, and shows the appropriate sighting common name or trip name in the photo tooltip.
    • Report grouping is more automatic and polished:
      • Grouping a report column auto-defaults to wrapped text, a larger bold green font.
      • Turning grouping off restores the normal font settings and turns wrapping off.
      • A user-facing message explains what changed and how sorting/taxonomic order interact with grouping.
    • Reorganized and improved the flow of the Output Columns sub-window in the Report Designer.
      • The default data font section is more readable and if the font is too big to display in the box, then the tooltip will show the entire contents.
      • Increased the size of the default data font display.
      • Reorganized buttons and flow.
    • Short Class, Order and Family descriptions are BACK!!! After customer pushback, I have improved and returned those descriptions to their usual short characteristic phrases.
      • Capitalization of the descriptions has been corrected.
  • V6.3 Build 36 – 19-Jun-2026
    • Fixed some toolbar button issues on the Sighting Documents window.
    • Fixed a tooltip issue on the Sighting Documents window that caused the window to reappear if the user closed it within 3 seconds.
  • V6.3 Build 35 – 18-Jun-2026
    • Added new Photos Near This Date collage window that shows sighting photos taken near a selected month/day across different years.
      • Added Features | Show Your Photos Near this Date… menu item to open the new photo collage window.
      • Added optional Show On Startup setting for the photo collage window.
      • Added Show More support in the collage window to cycle through additional matching photos.
      • Added drag support inside collage photo frames so cropped photo edges can be repositioned.
    • Improved recent-photo thumbnail loading on the main window by checking that photo files exist before loading them.
    • Improved main-window photo thumbnail loading order to prioritize most recent sightings, higher-rated photos, and document sort order.
    • Added protection to stop scanning for main-window thumbnails after too many missing/unusable photo records are encountered.
    • Updated the main-window photo thumbnail loader to avoid loading more than one photo per sighting.
  • V6.3 Build 34 – 8-Jun-2026
    • Cleanup Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family descriptions so that all contain upper case first letter.
    • Updated Sighting Documents functionality:
      • Added “Only Report” option to missing document cleanup feature, under config button.
      • Both missing document and ureferenced file cleanup now write to dedicated log files. Brief and concise information.
      • Clean document functionality now handles filename collisions in the unreferenced files folder by generating a unique filename.
    • Improved Sighting documents drag/drop handling. Checks for unsupported drops, such as Outlook attachments that do not provide real file paths. 
  • V6.3 Build 33 – 3-Jun-2026
    • Added drag-and-drop sorting for Sighting/Trip document thumbnails, including drop marker, autoscroll, mouse-leave cancellation, and improved drag icons.
    • Modified the HTML Report from Sightings View/Edit window to output any photos in this new sort order.
    • Added a Sighting Documents help/shortcut-key form and toolbar help button. This button will show all shortcut keys available on that window.
    • Improved Checklist and Sightings report header counts, including clearer lifer, potential lifer, seen, endemic, and total-count wording/formatting.
    • Fixed eBird CSV import handling for newer exported start-time formatting containing narrow/non-breaking spaces. Start around the beginning of June 2026, eBird changed their CSV export format.
    • Adjusted eBird export/import error handling to avoid modal-dialog-related failures.
    • Disabled the Tax Compare Close/Return button while database reassignment work is still running.
    • Made minor cosmetic/report/toolbar polish changes.
    • Fixed bug when exiting Birder’s Diary with the “Sightings View/Edit” and “Sightings Document” windows open at the same time.
  • V6.3 Build 32 – 21-May-2026
    • Improved SmartSearch performance and reduced the time spent rebuilding SmartSearch data.
    • Eliminated unnecessary SmartSearch rebuilds in many places that could cause long delays, including adding new species/subspecies, importing taxonomy lists, importing checklist data, editing aliases, and updating preferred names.
    • Improved startup and upgrade handling so SmartSearch is refreshed only when needed.
    • Improved Main Window Quick Search refresh behavior for better responsiveness.
    • Added benchmark timing to selected log entries to help diagnose slow imports, upgrades, and SmartSearch refreshes.
    • Updated supporting taxonomy/location reconciliation data used by the application.
    • General maintenance and stability improvements around taxonomy, checklist, and SmartSearch workflows.
    • Taxonomy/Checklist imports saw improved performance again. The entire new Mammals of the World 2026 taoxnomy/checklist import in 41 seconds! Down from 5-10 minutes.
  • V6.3 Build 31 – 17-May-2026
    • Added new Taxonomy Viewer Convenience Features: popup-menu actions to add missing taxonomy entries directly from the tree:
      • Add subspecies for selected species
      • Add species for selected genus
      • Add genus-level spuh
      • Add family-level spuh
      • Added Taxonomy Viewer support for showing species/subspecies info from the popup menu or keyboard shortcut.
    • Added helper tips in the Taxonomy Viewer for the new add/species-info workflows.
    • Improved taxonomy add/reconcile workflow so newly added taxonomy items can reposition/reload cleanly in the taxonomy tree.
    • Added guidance tip for Reconcile users explaining when to use **Add Thing To New Taxonomy** for missing subspecies/spuhs.
    • Updated Reconcile AI prompt support to use `[name_here]`, while still allowing the older bird-name tag.
    • Updated eBird export so Start Time remains enabled and is included for supported export types.
    • Improved eBird export validation around Start Time.
    • Made minor Sighting Documents/photo handling cleanup around selected image filenames, tooltips, ratings, and default-app opening.
  • V6.3 Builds 29 & 30 – 15-May-2026
    • Fix last minute bugs in importing taxonomies and checklists.
  • V6.3 Build 28 – 15-May-2026
    • Added IUCN category import/update support for taxonomy imports.
    • Improved AviList IUCN table population and update correctness.
    • Fixed checklist reports when IUCN data is included.
    • Added family and genera totals to report summaries.
    • Improved taxonomy import performance significantly.
    • Improved checklist import removal performance for overwrite imports.
    • Added upgrade to all Class, Order, and Family descriptions in the database.
    • Reduced unnecessary long-running database upgrade work on startup.
    • Cleaned up orphaned IUCN records during database maintenance.
    • Fixed a Sightings View resize issue that could cause invalid panel heights.
    • Improved background report option saving for location/taxonomy selections.
    • Fixed Thing range and info window so that ESC would close the window like other windows.
    • Cleaned up unused fields in Classifications table in database.
  • V6.3 Build 27 – 4-May-2026
    • Added IUCN Red List support for AviList 2025 data.
    • Added `IUCN_Code` and `IUCN_Meaning` fields to Sightings, Checklist, Life List, and Trip reports.
    • Added an IUCN Red List column to Sightings View/Edit, including show/hide, move/resize, and sorting support.
    • Updated the World Lifer Report to include per-country species counts by IUCN category.
    • Added database upgrade logic to create and populate IUCN tables and query definitions when AviList IUCN data is available.
    • Fixed Species Report with Photos so the minimum photo rating is honored and the max-photos setting is enforced more directly.
    • Replaced the RustDesk desktop-sharing workflow with Microsoft Quick Assist, including launch support and installation guidance if Quick Assist is missing.
    • Added upgrade cleanup for problematic UTF-8 characters in trip names.
    • Removed unused database tables and saved queries during upgrade.
    • Added missing JavaScript support files for Sightings Report and Taxonomy Compare/Reconcile report interactivity.
    • Removed obsolete/unreferenced legacy VB6 project files and old form versions from the project.
    • Fixed observer duplicate-name checking so observer names containing apostrophes are handled correctly.
    • NEW Website Feature – updated the forums to use AI for many features: search, topic search creation, topic summary, etc.
  • V6.3 Build 26 – 18-Apr-2026
    • Bold new changes in BD development!
      • BD source code management has been moved to the popular online GitHub repository. I had personally managed changes and version history on my own computers for 31 years. Time to adopt the industry standard. The repository remains private, but is now securely managed in the cloud.
      • I have also been using ChatGPT extensively since its release, and it has become very capable for programming over the past 2–3 years. With the move to GitHub, I have now connected OpenAI’s programming AI, CodeX, to the entire BD source library. I used it extensively over the last month to solve several BD problems. It has proven to be remarkably powerful and accurate.
      • v6.3.26 is the first BD release developed using GitHub and CodeX. A significant milestone after 31 years of development.
    • Fixed continuing issues with the Song JukeBox functionality in BD. The issues arise from a massive overhaul at Xeno-Canto in their API, new access rules, and changes in file structure and use policies.
    • Generating the HTML report from the Sightings View and Edit window always attached all associated Trip photos; but it ignored the photo-rating that the user applied – those only being applied to Sightings photos/attachments. This has been corrected now. Only Trip photos/attachments that meet the rating criteria will be included.
    • Updated the SQL results window to show elapsed query time more clearly along with formatted row counts.
  • V6.3 Build 25 – 15-Mar-2026
    • Xeno-Canto.org updated their Web Song API to v3 recently. That broke the Song/JukeBox feature in Birder’s Diary Desktop and Mobile. It required a large rewrite to get it working again. I am happy to say that this feature is working once again.
    • The updated Name Matching feature for adding All Name matches between eBird and Avilist was added in v6.3.23. The algorithm has been updated to provide a better and more complete set of name matches; ignoring all subspecies sightings. Be sure to Update the list of names using this new feature if you used this before.
      • Go to “File | Import/Export”, “Sightings” Tab
        Click on the “Name Matching on Import” button.
        Click on the “Add All Name Matches” button on the name matching window.
        Choose “Yes” when prompted to clear the list of names first.
  • V6.3 Build 24 – 7-Mar-2026
    • A major update/rewrite to correct issues stemming from importing Location Names from eBird checklists. The common UTF-8 characters used for location names are not translated and used properly in BD. Many changes here:
      • Upon first updating to Build 24 this will happen…
        • All location names will be normalized to a valid Ansi character set (e.g. ö becomes o instead of a non-printable poorly functioning character). Instead of seeing garbage characters in location names, you will see valid printable characters.
        • In some cases, your database may have duplicate names where you once manually corrected a location name and then imported it again. These locations will have the text “[DUP id]” added to the end of their name and you can locate them in the Location Maintenance window by searching on those letters.
        • The design of the locations table was updated to include propert indexes and properties more in line with use in v6.3.
        • Any changes will be logged to your BD6324.log file in C:\Birder’s Diary\. Review that log file and search for “NormalizeAndFinalizeLocationNames” to review any changes made. You don’t need to do this, but that info is there if you want. You will see records for each change on one line at a time; the old location name followed by the normalized location name. For example,
          “2729     Sabanas de Coclé–Sur de Antón      Sabanas de Coclé–Sur de Antón”
      • When importing eBird checklists with such names in the future, those names will be normalized up front.
      • When double-clicking on an Outing in the recent Outings grid on the main window that had a bad location name, it would not properly set the location. This is corrected.
    • The Charts functionality had a few problems with refreshing; hiding the charts pane incorrectly; editing and updating charts. This has all been fixed.
    • Fixed a bug introduced recently affecting the Ctrl+PLUS/MINUS on the Sightings View and Edit window. It is now working again.
    • On upgrade, make sure the Things table is properly indexed. Found at least one customer database with a problem here. If this problem is found, you will be notified. The problem will be fixed but I would like to hear about it.
  • v6.3 Build 23 – 23-Feb-2026
    • A new feature/button has been added to the newly enhanced Name Matching dialog.
      The Name Matching dialog is available when importing sightings from other sources (e.g. eBird) or exporting to eBird.
      With the new AviList 2025 taxonomy, many names are still not exactly matching between eBird and Avilist 2025.
      This is usually just added/removed hyphens, common spelling differences (e.g. Gray vs Grey), etc. etc.
      The Name Matching dialog allows you to setup Name Matching between Avilist common names and eBird common names for purposes of importing/exporting to/from eBird and Birder’s Diary.
      But it can be tedious to keep adding new name match pairs when you have a lot of them from a recent trip.
      A new button has been added to the Name Matching dialog that, when clicked, will add 99% of all possible Name Matches to your database. It will never have to be done again.
      Access the Name Matching dialog from “File | Import/Export…”, Sightings Tab, Name Matching on Import button.
  • v6.3 Build 22 – 22-Feb-2026
    • Setting the Background Report text color on the “View | Options; Background Tab” dialog will also affect the Lifer Bars text color.
    • Before starting a backup, BD will now check to make sure you have enough space on both the source drive and the destination drive before proceeding. It will let you know if you do not have enough.
    • A bug that occurred in the last couple months due to a change in MS Windows, caused lots of issues with View/Edit, the Quick Search bar, and double-clicking on the Outings grid. Many attempts have been made to fix this over the last couple releases. It should now be fixed in all cases.
  • V6.3 Build 21 – 6-Feb-2026
    • Before starting a backup, the program checks to see that the specified destination drive and directory exist, and that the specified filename is valid.
    • When attempting to exit the Sightings Documents window without assigning a rating, the message did not properly set the focus to the Ok button.
    • Fixed problem when double-clicking on the Outings grid in the main window caused the Sightings View Filter window to malfunction.
  • V6.3 Build 18, 19 & 20 – 26-Jan-2026
    • After a year of many issues with a new background worker process, I have removed that new feature. I keep all of the database upgrade processing in the main program, but optimized it greatly. 
      • eBird species and location data is no longer auto-updated. Before it was auto-updated once per year in the background worker process. Now there are buttons to update that data manually from the eBird World Search window and the Options Dialog | Special Tab. This is a manual process that you can so if needed. It will take 7-20 minutes depending on internet and computer speed.
    • Some major optimizations to database upgrade code; reducing time to complete the process by 70% in most cases. In some cases correcting code that did not perform exactly as intended.
    • A few minor optimizations to various code.
    • Fixed a new bug with the Search Sightings by Name feature in the main window toolbar. It was producing errors due to a new Windows update and a change in how asynchronous functions execute.
    • Corrected proper clearing of Search Sightings by Name feature in some cases.
    • Fixed Report date issues on some non-US/English calendar formats.
  • V6.3 Build 17 – 1-Jan-2026

    • Faster startup

      • Improved how the program checks for an Internet connection. This reduces startup time by several seconds in some situations.

      Improved reliability and safety

      • The Reconcile feature now includes better internal logging to help diagnose rare issues.

      • The first time you use Reconcile with two taxonomic lists, you will now be prompted to create a backup for safety.

      • Fixed a rare Reconcile issue where some sightings could be skipped under specific, previously unidentified conditions.

      Taxonomy handling

      • Things marked as extinct in the Clements or AviList taxonomies are no longer removed from thing-to-checklist mapping automatically. E.g. Just because the Tasman Sea Island Thrush is extinct, it is still linked to Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in BD.

      • Fixed an issue during Reconcile that could cause duplicate sightings when species were lumped across taxonomies. Sightings are now handled correctly without duplication.

      Bug fixes

      • Fixed a problem in Duplicate Sightings where the scrollbar could stop responding.

      • Fixed a display issue in the View & Edit Sightings window where the sort arrow in column headers could appear in the wrong position.

      • Corrected an issue in HTML Sightings Reports where trip information was missing for parent trips without direct sightings.

      Reporting and performance

      • Added file size information to the upload window for HTML Sightings Reports.

      • Improved image compression and overall speed for HTML Sightings Reports.

  • V6.3 Build 16 – 17-Dec-2025
    • Update for showing window tips if multiple windows show at the same time.
    • Purge old log files; only keeping the last 2 versions.
    • Implemented new feature to map between import/export names and BD names. This was brought about due to name changes lagging behind with eBird/Clements and the new AviList taxonomy.
  • V6.3 Build 15 – 2-Dec-2025
    • Updated check for internet connectivity to support older versions (e.g. Win8) of Windows.
    • Updated Trip creation code to check for rare situation found with one customer.
    • Updated Sightings Entry code to check for rare situation found with one customer.
    • For eBird data updates, changed the order of code to make it more robust when the internet is not available.
  • V6.3 Build 14 – 26-Nov-2025
    • Before importing a new/updated taxonomic list, a check is made to see if there is a newer version of Birder’s Diary available online. If so, the user is prompted to upgrade first in order to take advantage of new features and enhancements.
    • Improved performance by 20% on updating background lifer bars.
    • Build 12 was missing the section on the Reconcile Report that shows what changed on each Observer’s Life List. This has been added back to the report.
  • V6.3 Build 12 – 26-Nov-2025
    • Minor changes to error handling and reporting of errors.
    • Error checking database indices. 
    • Fixed bug in Sightings Report. If the Seasonal checkbox were checked and both Start/End Dates were specified, the report produced an error. 
    • The first time you attempt to Reconcile a pair of taxonomic lists, you will be prompted to perform a backup first as a safety precaution.
    • Improved the performance of name checking and updates after a program upgrade. Up to 100x faster. From 4 minutes to 4 seconds!
  • V6.3 Build 11 – 20-Nov-2025
    • Some new changes around Database Transacations were causing systems with lower memory and low disk space problems. I backed out those changes and the problems went away on the affected computers.
  • V6.3 Build 10 – 19-Nov-2025
    • Update code to add Locations table Name index. It was not taking into account whether duplicates or Nulls existing int he Name field for some databases. Corrected now to ignore duplicates and Nulls.
  • V6.3 Build 9 – 16-Nov-2025
    • Improve performance of taxonomy imports.
    • Minor modifications to reconcile report.
    • Minor performance issues with rebuilding name lookup performance table.
    • Add Name index to Locations table if not already present.
  • V6.3 Build 8 – 15-Nov-2025
    • A great deal of performance enhancements went into this build across many features
      • Increased performance of taxonomy and checklist update imports by 10-20x. Imports that used to take 10-20 minutes now take 1-2 minutes.
      • Updating the name search table goes from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
      • Rebuilds of the name search table are delayed to exiting from Import/Export window when using that feature.
      • Many other minor areas of performance gains.
    • A Sightings Report error was fixed. When specifying Start Date/Time, it was being overwritten if End Date/Time was also specified. Fixed.
    • If using Clone or Edit features on Sightings View/Edit, updates and positioning of grid/table after Clone/Edit is smoother and more accurate.
    • Added ChatGPT/Gemini AI features to the Reconcile Wizard. When wondering what happened and what to do with a split/lump/deletion/etc during reconciliation, you can have the Reconcile Window ask ChatGPT or Gemini, and get detailed information about any change.
      • You can have a continued discussion about range, etc.
      • You can customize the Prompt passed to the AI agent to get exactly the information you are interested in. Buttons and instructions are provided on the Reconcile window.
    • The formatting of the Genus/Species range/description window (accessible from “Features | Rosetta | Lookup | Double-click Selection”; among many other ways to get here) has changed. It is much more functional, including links to many different sites for each taxon. This information comes from the import of the new AviList 2025 taxonomy. This information is also displayed during the Reconcile process.

    • In the Web Search window, the Google button now directs queries to Google Gemini AI instead of Google Search.
    • Fixed an issue when activating your Annual Everything License. Prior to this release, you had to exit and restart BD to have all features activated. That is no longer necessary.
    • Fixed a bug that rarely occurred with Trips containing no comments. 
  • V6.3 Build 7 – 23-Sep-2025
    • Modified and greatly enhanced the Reconcile Report. Showing more details and less noise. And it is much faster.
    • Added some error handling routines for executing external programs (e.g. show browser).
    • Updated HTML file builder.
    • When cloning a Sighting from the View/Edit Sightings window, it should have reset counts to 1. It does now.
  • V6.3 Build 6 – 18-Sep-2025
    • Replaced my old Desktop Sharing 3rd party program (TeamViewer) with the new RustDesk Desktop Sharing program. It is all still automated from within Birder’s Diary the same way.
  • V6.3 Build 5 – 11-Sep-2025
    • Fixed bug in new Sightings Report feature released in v6.3 Build 4. It was duplicating Lifer Sightings.
  • V6.3 Build 4 – 9-Sep-2025
    • Two new features on the Report Designer – Sightings Report Tab. Two new powerful features for limiting the number of Sightings actually reported on a Sightings report. 
      • Report Only the First Sighting per Species.
      • Report Only LIfers.
    • Many minor tweaks and adjustments to code for performance and usability.
    • When loading saved reports in the Report Designer from the TreeView on the left, we were not properly clearing unused fields (such as location) between saved reports.
    • If a user entered a sighting for a species that pre-dated all other sightings for that species already in their database, the user was not notified that it was a Lifer.
    • Corrected timestamps in the BD log file.
    • Updated formatting of comments for multiple sightings of the same species when exporting to eBird upload files.
    • Fixed incorrect calculations of days left in some situations for the Annual License.
    • Updated the License Info window with expiration date and days-left count in a new status bar at the bottom. 
    • Fixed issue where ‘no records selected’ for Sightings report resulted in the progress bar not being closed.
    • Fixed issue when errors occurred during report building and the error doesn’t get shown.
  • V6.3 Build 3 – 24-Aug-2025
    • Fixed issue with main screen on startup showing a blank Charts/Graphs area at the bottom before hiding.
    • Fixed performance issue when editing a large number of selected records. In rare situations, after closing the Edit window, refreshing the View/Edit grid can take longer than 20 seconds. This has been fixed.
    • Corrected issue with removing duplicate sightings from View/Edit window when multiple taxonomic lists were selected in setup where both referenced the same sighting. E.g. Clements and IOC both being selected in the setup window.
    • After returning from editing sightings and selecting the previously selected records, the pictures were not displayed in the ribbon at the top of the grid if that area was open. This is fixed.
    • On View Sightings Setup, we were not always stating the number of taxonomic lists selected at the top of the list. Fixed.
  • V6.3 Build 2 – 23-Aug-2025
    • Fixed issue with Annual License purchased ahead of expiration and the days left not being correctly calculated. If this happened to you, simply upgrade to Build 2 and reactivate your annual license to get the correct ‘days left’ calculation.
  • V6.3 Build 1 – 17-Aug-2025
    • Fixed issues with HTML Report not rendering correctly based on certain settings.
    • Fixed issue with Annual Everything License on computers without US date/time formats.
  • V6.3 Build 0 – 10-Aug-2025
    • Starting in the last build of v6.2 (build 26), Google Maps API changed their policy on usage. This affects the HTML Report (from the Sightings View/Edit window). The Map feature will only work if you upload the report to the birdersdiary.com Server and view it from there. There is a new checkbox on the Report settings dialog (in v6.3.0) for choosing to upload the report. If you do not upload the report, the Maps section will not be generated.
    • On the HTML Report (from the Sightings View/Edit window), the Report Title is now optional and can be left empty.
    • Fix bug when exporting to eBird import file if the selected country (e.g. Greenland) has no defined states.
    • Additional error correcting code for the rare “thingID=-1” error.
    • Updated and corrected issues with Ctrl+N feature on the Sightings Documents window. It was incorrectly considering Windows-generated short filenames when searching.
    • Corrected error when attempting to attach an empty (0 bytes) file to Sightings Attachments.
    • Added Shift+PLUS/MINUS to the Ctrl+N feature on the Sightings Documents window. Pressing the PLUS or MINUS keys on your keyboard increments/decrements any number on the filename by 1. Using the SHIFT key in combination, will incr/decr by 10.
    • When double-clicking on the Latest Outings Grid on the main window, it would bring up the View Sightings Setup window with parameters preset to match the Outing that was double-clicked on. In addition, it would clear the selected Taxonomy Lists and add back those require to list all species for the Outing. It no longer clears the list first, retaining all checked lists from the last use.
    • Trim common and scientific names when export to eBird import file.