[texbirds] Re: An eBird issue that every birder should be aware of
- From: "Mary Gustafson" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "live4birds@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: ecarpe@xxxxxxxxx, fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:12:44 -0500
I hit this same change myself yesterday when compiling the LRGV RBA; it seems
we eBird editors with search capability data users were crashing eBird with too
many searches at the county level. I find Eric's solution and the use of the
county level alerts and "view" to fit my needs, though it might help if there
was a month-long alert horizon for Tony's purpose.
I'd rather have eBird more stable and have to learn to use these other tools,
as I think the guys at eBird are right - we can get what we need in other ways.
The data is still there, and it's still accessible to all. We just need to
access it in a way that doesn't crash the system.
Mary
Mary Gustafson
Mission, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Carpenter <ecarpe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; leasbirds <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Dec 12, 2014 10:40 am
Subject: [texbirds] Re: An eBird issue that every birder should be aware of
Anthony,
I'm unclear what exactly you are saying isn't available or how hard
you've looked. Here's the eBird summary of all the birds seen in the
current Fall reporting period in the 15 counties surrounding Lubbock
County:
http://tinyurl.com/lw7hnbn
At any point, you can drill into the "Map" button next to any species
you choose to see the specific sightings/details. Yes, there's a
limit of 15 counties, but you could easily create bookmarks for
subgroupings of counties if you are interested in more than 15
counties (ie., the entire Panhandle). You can also adjust the time
period to be just a single month if you find that useful, or have it
span multiple years if you'd like. And I can get all this without
even signing into eBird.
--
Eric Carpenter
eBird reviewer and frequent user of its data
Austin
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Anthony Hewetson
<fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings All:
> Due to recent changes implemented by eBird I can no longer acquire, in a
> timely fashion, monthly summaries of my region for inclusion of records in
> either the Llano Estacado Audubon Society newsletter or American Birds.
> This move on the part of e-birds was necessary as requests for such data
> summaries were, evidently, crashing their system.
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