In an age of Ebird, CObirds, and even Facebook bird ID groups, why do Colorado
and other states still have state bird record committees?
After John Ealy found the hooded oriole in his Douglas County backyard, many
excellent birders asked to have documentation submitted to the Colorado Bird
Recor
Mark and Cobirds:
I will share the primary reason I believe that Bird Records Committees
(BRCs) are important. They are repositories for bird records. A one-stop
shop. Yes, one can submit photos to eBird, Cobirds, and any number of
other online sites, but availability to that information is not
Mark,
I understand your concerns, but Bird Record Committees have NOT been
surpassed by eBird,
and I am a huge supporter of e Bird. e Bird species ID reviewers do great
work, but each of them is staunchly
supportive of the CBRC.
Perhaps the current chair of the Colorado Bird Record Committee, Mark
These pasted from the Colorado Bird Records Committee page <
http://coloradobirdrecords.org/> offer some response to the question:
"The primary purpose is to provide a repository for information regarding
the records of rare or unusual birds within the state of Colorado. In order
to perform this f
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Respectfully,
Bill Maynard
Colorado Springs
From: 'Mark Obmascik' via Colorado Birds [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 9:36 AM
To: Colorado Birds
Subject: [cobirds] State Bird Records Committee
In an age of Ebird, CObirds, and even Facebook bird ID grou
:-)
From: cobirds@googlegroups.com on behalf of Bill
Maynard
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 11:08:25 AM
To: mo...@yahoo.com
Cc: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [cobirds] State Bird Records Committee
Mark,
You answered your own question by reminding birders about the Baikal
