To me, OBOL is for bird reports and discussions likely to be of statewide
interest. I’d say that an Emperor Goose is in that category because reports are
few in recent years. How many personal reports are needed? Not many unless it
leaves or moves.
The fact that fulmars and pink-footed shearwaters have been easy to see from
land in Lane County in recent days seems to me mainly of local interest so I
only put that on Lanebirds. Probably a gray area case.
Arrival of my first White-throated Sparrow seems clearly local—there would be
scores of identical reports on OBOL for weeks.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
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www.alanlcontreras.com
On Oct 21, 2021, at 8:13 PM, David Bailey <davidcbaileyoregon@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
What's your point Paul? Would you rather see 80 posts to OBOL about the
Emperor Goose? Were you ever confused as to how many Emperor Geese were being
seen this month in Washington County. I do sense you are frustrated about
something regarding Communication by Oregon Birders and their reporting
behavior as to what they have observed, but what specifically?
Perhaps a step back and a challenge for you in the interest of clarity:
What does a perfect or most optimal form/format of birding communication look
like to you?
Anyone else feel free to chime in.
Respectfully,
David
David C. Bailey
Seaside, Oregon
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 16:47 Paul T. Sullivan <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Case in point re eBird vs OBOL
I looked at the map. I see 79 individual pin drops, plus 27 folks who have
put their checklist at the hotspot. That's at least 106 checklists from
folks who have seen that one goose.
How many of those people reported to OBOL?
And eBird trumpets the number of checklist in its collection. Billions.
How many are duplicates? Two people reporting the same visit. One person
reporting repeated visits/observations? All these reports are ONE BIRD.
Paul Sullivan
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Oregon
Date: 10/21 3:33 PM
From: Shawneen Finnegan <shawneenfinnegan...>
Subject: [obol] To EMPEROR GOOSE eBird viewers: request to use new Hotspot
My apologies in advance for using OBOL to ask this favor. There have been so
many people we need to reach OBOL is a good place to begin.
We eBird reviewers and users would really appreciate it if everyone who saw
the Emperor Goose at Southridge High School and entered it into eBird would
change your location to the new specific hot spot called:
stakeout Emperor Goose at Southridge HS from SW 130th (stay off field on
school days) (2021)
If you look at the map it is a mess with everyone's individual pins. The
locations have different names, was placed somewhere other than at the
school and someone created a pin naming the school as Southfield instead of
Southridge that others used afterwards.
If two or more people shared a checklist each of you need to change the
location within your own checklist.
It would be greatly appreciated particularly for people who want to come see
the goose to find the most recent sighting or to see what the last date it
was seen.
Shawneen
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