[texbirds] Re: Count Circle and CBC centers
- From: Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:23:29 -0600
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Joseph Kennedy
<josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Sort of like depending on ebird for accuracy when people post pictures of
> mockingbirds and ask for help in identification.
>
I remember doing a CBC in Tulsa many years ago with Bob Jennings, a superb
birder. We chased a bird for more than an hour, because he was sure it was
a rarity. Turned out to be a mockingbird!
>
> Perhaps not all bad as results are consistent except when new leaders look
> at a map or decide to go poaching elsewhere. And then if you are on a long
> body of water and most of the area is not birdable do you compensate with a
> couple more square miles of land to make up for it.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Tony leukering <greatgrayowl@xxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > All:
> > In response to Graham's post, the location data used by the iPhone app
> > Count Circle are taken directly from the CBC data at National Audubon
> > Society. Any mistakes in the placement of CBC circles are NOT the fault
> of
> > the application or the writers thereof. They are the fault of the
> > respective CBC compilers and/or NAS. As noted in the app's directions,
> one
> > can correct any incorrect centers in one's own version of the app AND
> send
> > a correction to the software writers AND to NAS.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > Tony Leukering
> > Smith Point, TX
> > http://smithpointhawkwatch.wordpress.com/
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