[orebird] Re: heads up on Oregon 2020 hotspots
- From: "W. Douglas Robinson" <w.douglas.robinson@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "orebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <orebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 20:19:17 -0700
Hi all
Thanks for the questions. I've been in TX all week. We will work on announcing
and explaining these things during this week.
Cheers
Doug
> On May 3, 2014, at 8:05 PM, "deborah.holland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> <deborah.holland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi, Today a visiter from Lake Oswego posted a checklist at the 'Oregon20/20--
> Lincoln City' hotspot. She observed 20 Western Gulls. I'm wondering if she
> was at the Oregon20/20--Lincoln City hotspot or if she was on a beach
> elsewhere in Lincoln City, and thought that Oregon20/20--Lincoln City meant
> anywhere in Lincoln City. Can't tell. If these new hotspots are meant to be
> unique locations, it would be best to give them unique names that cannot be
> confused with Lincoln City, Newport or Alsea Bay. Chestnut Chickadee?
> Wandering Tattler? Warbling Vireo? Deb Holland
> Vjera Thompson <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Doug,
>
> I live near the Anna's Hummingbird square in Eugene. There is a hotspot
> inside the square (EWEB wetlands). How will situations like this be handled?
> Should I double-post if I'm birding the EWEB wetlands? Or only use the
> Anna's Hummingbird spot outside of the EWEB location?
>
> Vjera
> On Monday, April 21, 2014 3:52 PM, W. Douglas Robinson
> <w.douglas.robinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> Just a heads-up that there will be a bunch of new Oregon hotspots added to
> the state in the next few days. We've been working with eBird and Brian
> Sullivan to get a grid-like sampling scheme established for Oregon 2020.
> Through lots of discussions and planning we realized that to meet the main
> goal of 2020, to establish benchmark measurements of Oregon bird
> distributions and abundances, we need more structure to how we sample birds
> across the state. This resulted in a type of sampling grid that is stratified
> across townships, but preserves an element of randomization (a necessary
> assumption of statistical approaches that will let us estimate statewide
> population sizes). The sites, what we call hotspot squares, are one mile
> square sections selected randomly from each 36-square mile township in the
> state. That totals about 2800 of these sample sites.
>
> You can see the sites here:
>
> http://tools.oregonexplorer.info/oe_map_viewer_2_0/Viewe
> r.html?Viewer=Oregon2020
>
> We will be announcing all these updates with more explanation of why we
> picked areas of this size, etc, on the 2020 web page, OBOL and the upcoming
> eBird Northwest portal very soon, especially since breeding season is upon us.
>
> All of the hotspot squares are named "Oregon 2020--hotspot square name". So,
> all begin with Oregon 2020--
>
> They have unique names, associated with a geographical feature, road, etc,
> within each one-square mile hotspot square. However, a subset of about 300 of
> these (11% of the total) are named after birds; e.g., Oregon 2020--Evening
> Grosbeak. These are called the Hot 300 and we will be developing some
> challenges associated with counting birds in as many of the Hot 300 as
> possible. We aim to have prizes from sponsors for those who contribute the
> most from the Hot 300, all the hotspot squares in each county, and all the
> hotspot squares statewide. It should be really fun.
>
> Anyway, this email is just to alert you that this is happening, that you will
> be able to use the Explorer Tools on eBird to see who has visited each
> hotspot square and what they saw, and to easily locate each hotspot square if
> you use BirdLog to enter data. All the names will appear in the lists of
> hotspots nearby.
>
> Let me know if you have questions.
>
> All the best,
> Doug
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