Please limit postings to 2 cents. On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 6:11 PM Dominic Garcia-Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> I find most people reporting to eBird are pretty good about including > context (location etc) in the comments field - not least because when it's > a genuine rarity eBird mandates some kind of commentary. In fact, I'd say > once a rarity has had its initial few ebird reports, further comments tend > to revert away from repeated descriptions of plumage and start to become a > running track of where the bird is, or behaviour notes etc. Obviously the > ability to look at / manipulate other facets of the eBird Big Data-set is > totally invaluable. > > The GroupMe system we use in Northern New Jersey is very good for sharing > rarity info. And tends to not suffer from reports of common birds, and is > invite only so is kind of self-policing. But as others have pointed out, > it's another app people gotta download and install on their phones.... > > Personally i think nobody should be dissuaded from reporting. As David B > pointed out, it's not hard to set email filters, and someone somewhere > might just get themselves a lifer that otherwise would have gone un-shared > if people hold back. > > Just my 3 cents > > Good birding. > Dom > > www.antbirds.com > > www.aventuraargentina.com > > + 1 646 429 2667 <(646)%20429-2667> > > On 30 November 2016 at 17:19, Phil Jeffrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > The current intent of the list as given on the list's website is not what > Kevin McGowan indicated may or may not be the original intent - and I've > pointed this out recently - its even linked at the end of every message. > Certainly this has not been a purely RBA list for quite some time - > although that's more difficult to demonstrate given that there weren't any > list archives (!) for quite some time either. > > eBird is only one tiny notch up from just a basic list of species. The > eBird reports - and I use them for trip research - are frequently without > context so they read as: > > an interesting bird was seen somewhere in tens of acres of habitat > > and the lack of narrative is hopeless if you want to go find anything > that's of interest to you that might drop below the anointed level of > rarity. I believe that eBird has damaged local birding lists by the > removal of context from sightings. IMHO, that context is extremely > valuable to all level of birders and why I run my own list as I do. I've > mostly stopped reporting sightings to eBird for this reason. > > So no, eBird is not the solution. > > Phil Jeffrey > Princeton > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Paul R Sweet <[email protected]> wrote: > > Daily lists are great and as I mentioned previously E-bird is an excellent > place to record such data. If everyone posted their Central Park lists to > NYSBIRDS-L it would certainly dilute the power of the list. See Kevin > McGowan's post here > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20105.html > regarding the original intent of the list. > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
