Own location all the way, for exactly the reasons you describe. Someday users
will be able to lasso the data in the way you describe. But it is always better
to map as precisely as you can exactly where you were.
Cheers!
On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks Doug and Russ. I feel the same way. If I would have noticed the
Meares Lake hotspot, I probably would have used it for expediency sake and
not given it another thought, but it is not at the end of the lake where the
shorebird concentrations are/were and I didn't notice it. Hmmm.
Okay, one more step to cinch this tight.... Okay, so there are two
hotspots that I could use. Neither are at the location from which I observed
birds. The bay/east hotspot is up on the road, where someone might look for
vagrant warblers, whereas I was down on the flats east of the parking area.
Our viewing of shorebirds on Meares Lake was at the far NE end, the opposite
end of the lake from the hotspot location.
Use hotspots? Or place my own location.
I try to use hotspots if they are located where I have birded--I think it is
valuable to have the pooled data available. If I was traveling and the
hotspot is placed somewhere within my travels (or in the area that the birds
were vs me such as on a lake), it's a no-brainer, I use the hotspot. But if I
had a fixed location and neither I nor the birds were located at the hotspot
location (as in both these cases at Bayocean), I ... hesitate.
If eBird HQ is going to eventually have a functionality that allows lassoing
nearby checklists for summaries of a hotspot, then I would fall on the side
of just putting my locations as accurately as possible in this instance....
Your opinions? Thank-you.
Matt
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Matt~
Although poorly placed on the very west side, there is a Hotspot for Meares
Lake. I know Doug R would advocate for keeping the lists separate and since
there are two different Hotspots, I would probably do the same.
Russ
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<orebird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:orebird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> on
behalf of Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 9:24 AM
To: OReBird
Subject: [orebird] Bayocean locations
Hi Folks,
In my 1980s field notes from the Tillamook area, Bayocean spit, I have my
numbers split up between the flats and Meares Lake (which at that time often
had open ground/mud for shorebirds; I don't know what it is like now). At
first I just selected the east or bay-side hotspot and lumped my numbers, but
I'm wondering if there might be a benefit to keeping the numbers separate and
making my own points for the flats and for Meares Lake.
Interested in your opinions.
Matt
