[birdky] Re: Ibis miscount

  • From: "Mark & Tommie Gail Bennett" <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <john.brunjes@xxxxxxxxx>, <wrscates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:40:54 -0500

As one who recently begged for forgiveness, I use my power as Ex KOS
President to veto the suspension of Eddie Huber from KOS.  

And, I point out that it was Brainard who challenged me into rechecking my
ID error and Brainard who was with Eddie.  

Coincidence?  

I think not. :-).

Mark and Tommie Gail Bennett
113 Iroquois Circle
Russellville, KY  42276
 
Logan County
 
benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John Brunjes
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:18 PM
To: wrscates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: edandjenhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; BirdKY
Subject: [birdky] Re: Ibis miscount

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+pe
rcentage+error+in+bird+count&source=bl&ots=nqnGQy9IGQ&sig=X8mShcov_HpWPuI7lA
wTJmyGA44&hl=en&ei=LVI_TOfyOMjsnQeP6qGMBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resn
um=2&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=average%20percentage%20error%20in%20bird%20
count&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


-- 
John H. Brunjes
Frankfort, KY
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