Interesting. Three weeks ago I received a "question" from ebird asking me if I had "additional information" about a siting I had in Seattle in *2014!* I wonder what took them so long to question my bird....strange. Therese O'Connor
On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 5:35 PM Deborah G Lauper <dlau...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > Maybe someone can clarify or refer me to the right place. I have lived and > birded in the Cayugabirds region for 30+ years and use ebird. I also spend > winters in Arizona, specifically Pima County (near Tucson, Madera Canyon > etc). Owls have been visiting our bird baths nightly. Great Horned and > Western Screech, got great pictures on motion activated cams. I recently > learned that ebird does not want motion activated pictures and also, don't > bother reporting it unless you saw it directly. My question is why? The > ebird expert/monitor from this county (great guy by the way) advised me of > this and said he doesn’t agree with it and doesn’t know the rationale > either. Anyway, it’s amazing what we get on our motion cameras, mammals and > birds, and it would be great to be able to include the birds on ebird. I > want to be as accurate as possible and follow the rules so I deleted my owl > pictures and sightings but I’m disappointed and hope I can get an > explanation. > Deb Lauper (Corning, NY and Sahuarita, AZ) > > > -- >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail Archive >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >> *Please submit your observations to eBird >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* >> > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
