Clear as mud, right?!
The problem for eBird is that we bird with these great optics that allow us to
reach out a mile or more to record birds that are actually beyond the limits of
normal sight/sound birding along a trail or in our back yard. When you
introduce that distance into the equation, all ability to analyze habitats or
quantify bird density becomes mute. I actually think they should have a
different category of list to accommodate for this type of birding . . .
bpb, Louisville
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Walker <gregory.l.walker@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: May 1, 2023 4:38 PM
To: <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [birdky] INFO: KY-IN state line along Ohio River at Louisville
Took me a bit to find the guidelines for lists along borders, so here's the
link if you're curious:
https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001059718-ebird-policies-for-special-birding-circumstances
Greg Walker
Louisville
On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 1:21 PM <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)> wrote:
The other day when we were enjoying the Eared Grebe on the river here at
Louisville, it kept swimming back and forth across the KY-IN state line,
allowing most to "tick" it in both states. There was some discussion about
where the state line is in this area. Back in 2015 I posted some photos of USGS
topo maps on Flickr that show what I regard to be the best set of state
boundary lines around. Also included were state lines from the KY GIS layer
aerial photos. They are both shown on the photos at this link:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjABYNc
Over the years it has become clear that no group of people cares more about
state lines than birders . . . although eBird has sort of changed the paradigm
now with its protocols and the lines have blurred once again . . . :-(
bpb, Louisville
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