[TN-Bird] Re: A suggestion regarding reporting at eBird hotspots
- From: Bill Pulliam <littlezz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:55:05 -0500
On Aug 25, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Carole Gobert wrote:
It you birded, say, at Cove Lake State Park and then drove around
for another hour or so, you should send in one checklist for the
park and a separate one for birds seen after leaving the park
rather than putting all your observations for the day in the Cove
Lake SP hotspot.
If in your notes you have a detailed list for the hotspot (or any
other specific location), then a bunch of checks for additional
species seen on that dy, there's a simple way to handle this common
situation and stay within eBird guidlines:
1. Report your detailed, complete checklist for the specific
location on one checklist
2. Also report a separate "incidental observation" checklist with
the added species for the larger more general area (perhaps even the
entire county). Mark it as incomplete (check "no" for the "all
species reported" question).
This presents your birding results for the day accurately and
completely without arbitrarily sticking any birds in a precise
location where they may not have actually been.
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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