[obol] RFI Wrentit in Hood River Co.
- From: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: contopus@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:09:26 -0800
That's a fairly major issue. It means you can't use the database as a source
for, say, a regional ornithology without cross-checking the map for every
species that has an unusual record. Ugh. Needs to be fixed.
Of course, anyone who uses the database can simply ignore any individual list
or report, but that limits the utility of the system.
.
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Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
Eugene, Oregon
On Feb 18, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Wayne Weber wrote:
> Jeff and Oregon Birders,
>
> This report of a Wrentit at Lost Lake has apparently been invalidated by the
> local eBird reviewer/editor, because it does not appear in eBird maps of the
> distribution of this species.
>
> One of the problems with using eBird data, which may not be understood by
> everyone who uses eBird, is that invalidated records (i.e., those considered
> to be erroneous or questionable by reviewers) are NOT marked as such on
> checklists, and appear to be perfectly valid records. Invalidated records do
> not appear on maps, and are not part of the main eBird database, but unless
> they are withdrawn or deleted by the observer, these records will still
> appear on checklists. If you are looking at a checklist, and one or more
> sightings appear to be questionable, you should double-check to make sure it
> shows up on a map before accepting the sighting as valid.
>
> The failure to label invalidated records on checklists, in my opinion, is one
> of the biggest problems in using eBird data currently. I’m sure that the
> eBird staff recognize this as a serious problem, and that they plan to fix
> it, but I suspect that it will take a significant amount of computer
> programming to rectify this problem.
>
> Wayne C. Weber
> Delta, BC
> contopus@xxxxxxxxx
> eBird reviewer/editor for Metro Vancouver, BC
>
>
> From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of J Hayes
> Sent: February-17-15 9:19 PM
> To: Oregon Birders OnLine
> Subject: [obol] RFI Wrentit in Hood River Co.
>
> Hello, birders
>
> I've come across a report of a Wrentit at Lost Lake in Hood River County July
> 12 2014. Here's the eBird checklist link:
>
> www.ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19089151
>
> Does anyone know of any prior records of this species in Hood River County?
> I could not find any. Your help is appreciated.
>
> Jeff Hayes
>
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