[texbirds] Re: The subject of bird images
- From: Keith Arnold <kbarnold2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texasbirdimages@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:06:52 -0600
Jim & Janet,
Jim's website does document species in Texas and, correct me if I'm wrong,
Jim, as well for each county. In contrast, the Texas Photo-Record File
documents rareties for the state, region, county and season. It is also the
official repository for photographic materials submitted to the Texas Bird
Records Committee as support for submitted records.
Keith Arnold
Academician, TBRC
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jim Peterson <texasbirdimages@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Just to be clear...
> Part of the mission of T.O.S. is to document species. We've done this for
> many years through written documentation. T.O.S. now collects bird images
> as part of this mission through the website as
> http://texasbirdimages.comand many of the the people posting here have
> already submitted images at
> one time or another. Some people in this forum have submitted between
> 300-500 images.
>
> The issue though is not in the quality of the images. The mission is to
> document by geographic region. As the archivist for the site, I am not
> really looking for the "best" image. I am looking for identifiable species
> for the database. It's rather easy to get good images of common birds, but
> rare birds are another matter. I don't want to be an art critic. I just
> need identifiable birds for each region. Occasionally, I will wait to see
> if a better image of a bird I need pops up after the sighting, but I need
> to get what's available. So I simply ask when I see it. Sometimes I have
> multiple images of a particular rare bird sighting - and that's fine.
>
> The photographers here on the texasbirdimages.com website have been
> incredibly generous... and there are now almost 300 photographers. I can't
> thank them enough.
>
> There are still some birds missing from certain regions, but it's pretty
> clear from the website what's missing and what may need an upgrade. There's
> a few images where I simply don't know how to reach the photographer to get
> permission (Rufous-backed Robin in 2013), but I try to make an effort to
> get to everyone who posts here and through Facebook when there's something
> I want or need. You can read more about contributing on the website.
>
> The late Steve Gross was smart enough to see the implications when I showed
> him the website a few years ago when he was president of TOS, and the TBRC
> has been more than supportive of this effort - most in this committee are
> conscientious contributors. So, in essence, we now have what few states
> have - an image archive by geographic region.
>
> If you have images that could fill in some blanks, please email me.
>
> Jim Peterson
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