We had a similar discussion on wisbirdn a couple of months ago. If you read the eBird guidelines more carefully you'll notice that it says that long-eared owl is an example of a species that could be considered a sensitive species and goes on to explain that they would be considered sensitive in the eastern US due to habitat shortages. It also states that what species are considered sensitive changes regionally. It is my opinion that the eBird article does a good job explaining how to report sensitive species, but is not a good reference to try to define a species as sensitive.
Perhaps the MN DNR website has more relevant information on the status of birds in MN? Matt Paulson La Crosse, WI -----Original Message----- From: Scott Meyer <meyersco...@gmail.com> To: MOU-NET <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> Sent: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 4:27 pm Subject: Re: [mou-net] Long Eared Owl Brooklyn Center Oh, I am truly sorry! I thought we were talking about a bird that was listed on eBird using the guidelines for sensitive species, and that someone wanted a specific location to that bird anyway, with no regard to the welfare of said bird. I didn't realize that someone posted the location on MOU-NET and the request was for better directions. I apologize that I suggested someone find a bird without the aid of this listserv. Scott B. Meyer Hennepin County On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Bernard P. Friel <wa...@att.net> wrote: > I didn't realize that "finding it on your own" was the purpose of this list > serve substitute for the MOU rare bird list call line. > > Bernard P. Friel > > > > From: Scott Meyer <meyersco...@gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Scott Meyer <meyersco...@gmail.com> > > Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:15:19 -0600 > > To: <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> > > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Long Eared Owl Brooklyn Center > > > > The people who added that data to eBird probably don't want you to know > > where that bird is specifically. Please read the following if you are in > > confusion about this policy: > > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/sensitive_species. You could always > > go out and find one on your own, that's what other people do. > > > > Scott B. Meyer > > Hennepin County > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Brian <brianwiscon...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > >> On ebird. Hoping someone here was one of the two people who reported > it. > >> Can't imagine there is more than one long ear in Brooklyn center. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Feb 24, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Scott Meyer <meyersco...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> You should be a little more specific about which Long-eared Owl in > >> Brooklyn Center you are talking about. Was there one posted on MOU-NET? > >> > >> Scott B. Meyer > >> Hennepin County > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Brian <brianwiscon...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hoping someone can give specific instructions on where this bird can be > >>> found. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> ---- > >>> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>> > >> > >> > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
