[obol] Re: Inca Dove report on ebird
- From: Forrest English <forrest.english@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Barbara Combs <bcombs232@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:23:58 -0700
Again, just to clarify...
All ebird reports make it "into the record". No editor removes anything
from the record. If you saw it, you saw it, it's there in your ebird life
list and no one can take that away from you.
All reports go into the database, editors merely attempt to put a little
polish on the data used to generate bar charts and maps. Any researcher
will still be able to see all the data submitted.
P.S. I think Barbara's theory is a likely one.
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:58 PM, <bcombs232@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here is how it could happen:
>
> The birder is using BirdLog.
> The birder is out of range for Internet or cell phone access. The program
> cannot determine the birder's location, so it cannot generate a
> location-specific bird list. Instead, it offers up a generic list that
> includes scads of out-of-area birds - quite possibly more than in-area
> birds. The list is pretty annoying to work through because it is so long.
> The birder, being annoyed at the more time-consuming tallying process, may
> well become more error-prone as a result.
>
> Barbara Combs
> (who has spent way too much time in the boonies on BirdLog)
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jul 13, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This is what I was wondering as well, since Inca Dove should not be on
> > the list of choices for Deschutes county, even if the rare species box
> > was checked. The observer would have had to click add species then
> > manually search for Inca Dove then check the box and confirm it.
> >
> > Seems like a lot of accidental steps to go through...
> >
> >
> >
> > > However, I'm unfamiliar with the mechanics of how this can happen on
> > > eBird.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Patterson
> > Astoria, OR
> > String Theory
> > http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=2182
>
>
>
>
--
Forrest English
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