Mark and all others engaged in the noble task of entering historical
data into eBird --
Reported locations in eBird should be as accurate as is reasonably
possible. In the case of historical observations, allowances have to
be made. If you can't track down an accurate location, it is fine to
submit the records with just a county level location and a note in
the checklist comments explaining why a more accurate location could
not be used. That also makes them relatively easy to revisit and
revise in the future if you do ever find out what the "Clay Pits"
were. Many old records for early and late arrivals, vagrants,
specimens, etc. have no better location than just the county. Better
to have these records entered at the county level than not entered at
all!
Note that this is not an excuse for using sloppy and vague locations
in your present-day eBird reports!
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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