Once again, my annual reminder. The Great Backyard Bird Count is run
through eBird, and used the eBird system to compile and review the
observations. Because of this, the screening filters that decide
which birds will be flagged for review are set more conservatively
during this time. This will affect all eBird submissions, not just
those submitted through the GBBC portal.
What this means is that you will soon start to see more flags on
common birds that are likely candidates for GBBC confusion, such as
Purple Finches, Hairy and Red-headed Woodpeckers, non-Canada Geese,
Winter Wrens, White-crowned Sparrows, etc. Please bear with this
inconvenience, as it is a great help for the GBBC data. Many GBBC
users are very new to birding, and are likely to assume that a wren
in winter is a Winter Wren, all the reddish finches at their feeder
are Purples, and a woodpecker with red on it head is a Red-headed
Woodpecker. One of the main values of the GBBC is to get novice
birders involved, and it also provides us reviewers with may
"teachable moments" for these users.
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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