[obol] Re: Northern Bobwhite in Lane County
- From: bcombs232@xxxxxxxxx
- To: "W. Douglas Robinson" <w.douglas.robinson@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:28:16 -0700
I did not think of eBird as having this role, which is why I tried to preserve
the data on obol. Thanks for the enlightenment. I will add the bobwhite to my
eBird list soon, and will include in my eBird lists all the gamebirds,
parakeets and exotic waterfowl (etc.) that I may find in the future.
Sent from my iPad
> On Jun 26, 2014, at 11:51 AM, "W. Douglas Robinson"
> <w.douglas.robinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Barbara
>
> Very interesting. I'd encourage you to put this in eBird even though it's
> likely an escaped bird. It will be categorized as Not Valid (called a
> possible exotic) by the Lane County reviewer. But the record will still
> persist in eBird so people who want to do research on occurrences, patterns
> of establishment, or hotspots for releases/escapes of gamebirds can still
> access that information in the eBird database. How else will we learn how and
> where introduced species take hold if the data are not preserved?
>
> Keep up the good work!
> Doug
>
>
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