Wild counts methods
Introducing WildCounts Shorthand
WildCounts Shorthand vocab
WildCounts app in FileMaker Go
Introducing WildCounts Spoken
The usual is not the same
Your friend, the question mark
Pacing the uncountables
Record honestly, interpret later
Why 40 to 60 is better than 50
Song then seen ≠ Seen then song
Why it’s worth noting flying and flight direction
Introducing WildCounts Spoken
Sometimes your hands are too busy and you’re moving too fast to type in counts. At times like these that you need WildCounts Spoken.
written Sep 11, 2021 • by Jon Sullivan • Category: Count methods
WildCounts Spoken is a set of standard words and phrasing for speaking wild counts into your phone as datetime-stamped geotagged audio notes. You can then transcribe them using Amazon Transcribe and convert them into formatted wild counts data.
Details coming soon.
Here’s a sneak peak, using WildCounts Spoken phrasing for the examples from the introduction to WildCounts Shorthand:
| Shorthand | Spoken |
bellb 1 |
"one bellbird" |
bellb 1vsxm |
"one male bellbird song then seen" |
bellb mn_sw1vsxm |
"one male bellbird song then seen mid near to the southwest" |
bellb mn_sw1vsxmir! |
"one male bellbird song then seen mid near to the southwest photo recorded different bird" |
bellb 1f_sw |
"one bellbird flying southwest" |
bellb 1@ |
"one bellbird same bird" |
bellb 1?(or starling) |
"one bellbird question mark or starling" |
bellb 1xma*1j |
"one adult male bellbird with one juvenile bellbird" |
bellb mon1f |
"one bellbird flying mid over near" |