Texbirders:
Thanks Clayton and Fred for your posts.
In 2016, Cornell sent out a minimum list of exotics that they wanted displayed
in Texas to encourage observers to track them. For species beyond those on that
list (like Orange-cheeked Waxbills), Cornell lets the various ebird reviewers
for the various parts of  a region (in Texas it's a good sized group of
people) collectively decide what species to show and what to not show (with the
goal of some regional consistency).Â
I agree with Fred that it's generally better to display more rather than
less--however there are some who have concerns with this approach. All valid
records entered are preserved in ebird regardless if they are displayed or
not--but displaying encourages more people to enter sightings--as Fred points
out.
 I sent a note to the Texas ebird reviewers after seeing Fred's post--the
consensus received is to add Orange-cheeked Waxbill to the display in Harris
County ebird.Â
Thus, 61 previous Harris County Orange-cheeked Waxbill observations that were
previously only stored internally in ebird database are set to be
viewable--they should display by early tomorrow--and the species has also been
added to the Harris County filter.
Thanks again to those who continue to submit their observations to ebird!
John BernerW. Houston
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