I read and enjoy people’s reports of all sorts on CayugaBirds-L, including first arrivals. With eBird, I also like the standardization, the notifications, the ease of looking up dates & locations, and for rare birds the required inclusion of comments, the ease of inclusion of photos, and the professional vetting. While eBird comments can be personal notes about the place or the experience, IMO for rare birds the comments must include a description of observed field marks which both point to the ID of the rare species (which by definition is not expected to be there at that time) and rule out other species which are expected to be there at that time or are equally unlikely to be there.
- - Dave Nutter > On Apr 14, 2022, at 1:59 PM, John Gregoire <johnandsuegrego...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Our FOY this AM among increasing numbers of CHSP. SW CLB SW of Mecklenburg at > 1800 ft. > Dave Nutter,are you not wanting FOY reports via the listserv? Sorry but we do > not do Ebird. > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
