Pete Thayer's Blog

Author:	Pete Thayer	Created:	10/12/2008 4:30 PM
This is the online "diary" of Pete Thayer, president of Thayer Birding Software. Find out about future program updates at Thayer Birding Software. Read about any interesting birds I see in Naples, Florida or around the world.

Free Updates to version 4 and Gold Edition Now Available

By Pete Thayer on 10/24/2011 9:13 AM

It is time to check for free updates! Both version 4 and version 5 (Gold edition) have updates available.

Version 4 Works Great With Lion OSX 10.7

By Pete Thayer on 7/22/2011 1:22 PM

For those of you running our version 4 software on a Mac computer, you will be pleased to learn that your existing software will also run on the new Lion OSX 10.7 operating platform.

Remembering Bill Thompson of Bird Watcher's Digest

By Pete Thayer on 2/4/2011 12:21 PM

Bill Thompson died on January 25, 2011. He was the co-founder of Bird Watcher's Digest magazine. Read More »

Birding Southern Florida in 94 degree heat

By Pete Thayer on 8/3/2010 6:57 PM

On Saturday Vince Lucas and I birded southern Florida south of Lake Okeechobee. We drove 351 miles and saw 70 species, including King Rail, Gull-billed Tern, Black Tern and Fulvous Whistling-Duck (all new Florida birds for me!) Here is an recap Vince wrote of our journey.

Version 4 Will Ship On May 14th

By Pete Thayer on 5/7/2010 2:12 PM

After months of hard work, the new version 4 DVD is ready to ship! This version has lots of new features and works on Windows or Mac computers - including Snow Leopard.

Exciting Birding Adventure in the "Back Country" at Corkscrew Swamp

By Pete Thayer on 3/29/2010 2:40 PM

Eleven lucky folks took a Swamp Buggy ride into the back country at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary last Saturday. We saw some amazing birds and had a great adventure!

Snow Leopard Version 4.0 Proceeding

By Pete Thayer on 3/21/2010 12:03 PM

We hope to offer the new version 4.0 by the end of April. This will run on OS X 10.6, 10.5 and 10.4 as well as Windows 7, Vista and XP.

Free Updates for v3.9.8.2 Are Now Available

By Pete Thayer on 2/5/2010 3:46 PM

Free Mac and Windows updates are available for v3.9. The new version is v3.9.8.2

Mac Snow Leopard - Alpha version 4.0

By Pete Thayer on 1/24/2010 5:22 PM

I am currently testing the version 4.0 DVD for Mac and Windows. This version is designed to run on Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) as well as on Windows 7 and XP.

Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) for Mac - Latest News

By Pete Thayer on 11/23/2009 12:43 PM

Apple released a new operating system called Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) on August 28, 2009. Our birding software will not work on Snow Leopard. It is being updated to run on this new operating system.