[texbirds] Re: Ebird - Rarities
- From: Ruth Friedrichs <twofried@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: carolynohl@xxxxxxx, warblerwoods@xxxxxxxxx, dellel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:57:10 -0700 (PDT)
Carolyn,
I completely agree. Susan and the rest of the staff at NARBA (probably all
volunteers) do a great job of posting confirmed rarities on the TX RBA page.
They also provide good location details when available as well as very regular
updates on continued sightings (positive and negative reports). I find the TX
RBA page to be a valuable resource, especially since I tend to be a bit 'smart
phone challenged'.
Bob Friedrichs
Houston
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On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 11:53 AM CDT carolynohl@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Susan Billetdeaux at NARBA does an excellent job of getting sightings posted
>fast and not posting unconfirmed sightings. Here is what Susan said regarding
>the site, " The TX RBA (on the NARBA site) is free to everyone (and includes
>all NARBA sightings for Texas as well as TX review birds and a few others of
>special interest)."
>
>Carolyn Ohl-Johnson
>Big Bend area
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Susan Schaezler <warblerwoods@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: dellel <dellel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: kossuth <kossuth@xxxxxxxxxxx>; TEXBIRDS <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Graham
>Floyd <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx>; Graham Floyd <tangara45@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tue, Oct 22, 2013 9:37 am
>Subject: [texbirds] Re: Ebird - Rarities
>
>
>An easier solution is checking BIRDSEYE NA
>
>It shows all the sightings of the rare or notable bird, plus who and when
>
>This is a newer program that hasn't been out long
>
>It also gives pictures and data on that species
>
>You can pull up the original Ebird post to see if there is enough data to
>pursue
>
>Susan Schaezler
>WarblerWoods.org
>501(c)(3) Cibolo/Schertz
>Lone Star Land Steward Winner 2011. GCBO Site Partner
>Life member TOS, SAAS, TAS
>
>> On Oct 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Dell Little <dellel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> eBird entries come out on alerts set up through eBird. ABA coded rarities
>> are
>apart of this. These come out before confirmation. But confirmed sightings are
>noted in the reports. And who found the rarities are also noted. Before all
>the
>bashing begins. Find me a quicker notification system. I know every report and
>I
>mean EVERY report, be it here or on eBird always needs a moment of research
>before going out on a long journey. But at least I don't have to say, "Now why
>didn't I know about this". Okay back to my slumber.\
>> Dell Little
>> Arlington Texas
>> "Excellent Birds"
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Imre Karafiath <kossuth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: TEXBIRDS <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 9:02 PM
>> Subject: [texbirds] Re: Ebird - Rarities
>>
>>
>> Am I missing something here? It was my understanding that birds out of
>> season or out of range do not appear on ebird until they have been approved
>> by the moderator - I.e., they get caught in the 'spam filter' until the
>> ebird moderator for the county accepts the sighting as valid. I know that
>> one of my sightings - an August Wilson's warbler in the Chisos - something
>> like two days early - did not appear on ebird until I sent the moderator a
>> photograph in response to a request for details.
>> Imre Karafiath
>> Denton
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Lee Hoy" <leehoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 7:54 PM
>> To: "TEXBIRDS" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [texbirds] Ebird - Rarities
>>
>> Texbirders,
>> I personally would NEVER head out to find a rarity that I first heard
>> about
>> on Ebird without some kind of confirmation from another, much more
>> reliable
>> source.
>>
>> Please keep in mind that people of ALL birding levels have digital
>> cameras,
>> a bird log app, no or very little birding experience and probably don't
>> study field guides very often (at least based on what I see on tons of
>> Facebook pages, etc) and they can put in ANY sighting.
>>
>> You would be nuts to waste gas, time, and effort using Ebird only.
>>
>> Lee Hoy
>> Georgetown, TX
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