[TN-Bird] Re: request for e-bird users
- From: Thomas Miko <thomas_miko@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bebsd@xxxxxxxxxxx" <bebsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "littlezz@xxxxxxxxx" <littlezz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 18:30:24 -0700
BettySue,I respectfully disagree. There are several presumptions made, here.
The first one is that everybody is signed up with eBird. The second is that I
don't want to interact with other birds in the context of having conversations
about birds in a certain region, there fore I only want info about my target
birds. Granted, there are birders where I live in Los Angeles, who have no
social skills, who only want those specific data that will get them closer and
closer to their listing goals, but I actually like conversing with people. I
don't want to live in a world where I get all of my data from a nameless,
faceless machine. Ironically, while touting eBird, you are also engaging in an
interpersonal conversation. This tells me that you like people.
Also, eBird doesn't give the details necessary, like "the bird returns every
afternoon at 4:42 p.m., and lands on the third pylon from the left. Stand in
front of the stop sign."Tom
Thomas Geza Miko,
B.Sc. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation & Lab Safety
653 S. Indian Hill Blvd., unit C
Claremont, CA 91711
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Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: request for e-bird users
From: bebsd@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 20:33:25 -0400
To: littlezz@xxxxxxxxx
CC: terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On eBird it is possible to set your notifications for rare or needed birds for
counties or entire states to either hourly or daily intervals. That should
provide timely notifications for any need. eBird is a fantastic tool for
birders if time is taken to use it fully. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has
provided this valuable tool for birders free of charge. True, they do get to
use the data for research to benefit birds, birders and themselves. Even with
the limited capabilities on my phone package, eBird works. No so much with
Facebook, Yahoo, etc. Plus I can track my sightings by county, state, or
country readily, share list with others on outings so we each don't have to
enter our own data and lots of other stuff like investigate species frequency
at hotspots or see all the locations that bird I need for my list has been
recently seen. eBird beats them all hands down in my book. Wish everyone used
eBird! :) :). :).
BettySue DunnRobbins, TNScott Co.Boerne, TXKendall Co
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 2, 2014, at 6:48 PM, "Bill Pulliam" <littlezz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not all eBird users are on TN birds, however. I have the same complaint about
info that is only shared on Facebook, since it is essentially useless to me in
the world of lousy internet that I live in (eBird, on the other hand, works
fine on low bandwidth).
Bill PulliamHohenwald TN
On Sep 2, 2014, at 4:54 PM, Terry Witt wrote:I know e-bird is a valuable
resource, and the data received can be helpful to both professional as well as
amateur ornithologists.That being said, it is a poor place to only put records
there, of uncommon to rare species that others might want to try and relocate.
In Middle Tennesse, there is also a thread on Facebook that many people are
using to report sightings.Could everyone please put anything of significance on
Tn-bird, and post anything you like on these other sites, that are not designed
to share info on short notice.This note was precipitated by the news that I
drove right by Hatchie NWR on Sunday, only to find out later in the day that 2
Tricolored Herons were seen there the day before, and posted on e-bird
Aargh
Cheers
Terry WittMurfreesboro Tn
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