[birdky] Re: Ibis miscount
- From: John Brunjes <john.brunjes@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wrscates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:17:37 -0400
While I appreciate Eddie's willingness to accept responsibility, I
must point out that Brainard was the scientist in the group. It is
he....who should value accuracy and precision over expedience.....
Just my o2 cents...
JB
On 7/15/10, Bill Scates <wrscates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Based on the "Bird Ecology and Conservation - A Handbook of Techniques"
> perhaps it would have been OK to state the WI count as "7 +/- 15%"
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=q30iCY2JWewC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=average+percentage+error+in+bird+count&source=bl&ots=nqnGQy9IGQ&sig=X8mShcov_HpWPuI7lAwTJmyGA44&hl=en&ei=LVI_TOfyOMjsnQeP6qGMBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=average%20percentage%20error%20in%20bird%20count&f=false
>
> ;>)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eddie and Jennifer Huber
> To: BirdKY
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:41 AM
> Subject: [birdky] Ibis miscount
>
>
> Well so we can put this count issue thing to rest let me take full
> responsibility for the miscount. When I first saw the ibisis we were quite a
> distance from them. Do to bad lighing I must have mistaken another bird that
> was mixed in with the 6 ibises as a 7th. As we got closer to the ibises and
> was able to get a better count I saw only 6 but by that time I had already
> made a call to Jennifer and told her that there were 7 ibises at McElroy. I
> continued to search out for the missing (7th) ibis but 6 was all I could
> count. Eddie Huber
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John H. Brunjes
Frankfort, KY
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