I think the question is partly what to do on eBird.
When I am standing on the dike at Meadowlark Prairie in west Eugene, I count
everything I can see, including ducks below me, swallows above me, vultures
going by, Savannah Sparrows in the grass and a red-tail sitting a half-mile
out. I think that is how most people do it for a named site like Meadowlark.
You don’t have to move your feet six inches to see all of those.
I’m not sure why observations made from one’s front yard would be different. I
agree that having the ocean in your front yard may be a special case.
Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
Eugene, Oregon
www.alanlcontreras.com
On Apr 5, 2020, at 11:32 AM, t4c1x@xxxxxxxx wrote:
For goodness sake, Dawn, who cares? This thing set up by Steve Holzman was
purely for the interest of seeing how many species of birds could be seen
from the yards of birders all across Oregon on a given day. It doesn't have
to be qualified by science. Scoters and sparrows go on the same list, and if
you see a Sasquatch or a Sea Monster, throw that in too.
Darrel
From: "dawn v" <d_villa@xxxxxxxx>
To: "OBOL" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 10:36:50 AM
Subject: [ADV] [obol] Coastal reporting question for the eBird experts
Living on the coast, my "backyard" includes seabirds. A few years ago I was
told that I needed to keep my "seawatch" checklists separate from my "yard
birds" checklists (songbirds, etc.). I don't do this as it is really
impractical -- I would have to be keeping two simultaneous lists - for
instance, the half-dozen Violet-green Swallows swooping over me while I'm
counting Surf Scoters.
So, today as I'm doing my backyard part in the Global Big Day, the question
occurs to me again and I thought I'd throw it out there. I can't find
anywhere that says this is an eBird requirement?
dawn v
Lincoln City/Nelscott
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