I’m left wondering what it means to “delete” Mandarin Duck from a list of birds reported to eBird. I understand that Mandarin Duck is not established in viable wild populations anywhere in New York State and consequently is not included in the official list of such species maintained by the New York State Avian Records Committee. But this species has become naturalized in several places far from its ancestral range, and it might do so here, at some future time. If this were ever to become a point of discussion, New York birders would be interested in tracing where and when the establishment occurred, and the eBird dataset, focused as it is on the frequency and abundance of bird detections, would be a natural place to search for evidence.
I would think that reports of species such as Mandarin Duck, Egyptian Goose—and nowadays, Northern Bobwhite—are worth tracking in eBird, even if they can’t be regarded as legitimately wild, because future researchers might have good reasons to want to know where and when people formerly encountered them. One could argue that even invalidated records are potentially available for future review, but this isn’t really true, if only because the public invisibility of “deleted species” would inevitably inhibit normal reporting. Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-121669746-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-121669746-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Ben Cacace [bcac...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:39 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L; eBirds NYC Subject: [nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted checklists from many months / years ago. It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the 'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't added recently it won't appear at the top of the list. For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on the 'Explore a Location' line: — http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York Red represents species removed from the New York State list bringing the NYS total to 479 species. Nassau County:<http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Nassau> Mandarin Duck (Removed) -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots<http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A<https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
