To anyone who spends time inputting and reviewing ebird data,
A huge thanks.
Richard
On Saturday, November 24, 2012, Timothy Houghton wrote:
> The Wilkinson post reflects almost exactly my own concerns and
> observations. I know reviewers have a lot to do, and I'm not critical of my
> main MD eBird contact person--Ron G.--who has been responsive, but perhaps
> some reviewers (SOME of the time) need to be both more prompt and more (and
> completely) communicative. I have my own examples...but the point has been
> made.
>
> Tim Houghton
> (Glen Arm)
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> <mdbirding...> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Jim Wilkinson [
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> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 2:24 PM
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> Subject: [MDBirding] e-bird and other records--delays in mapping
>
> With the ongoing winter finch invasion as an example it appears that the
> Maryland ebird reviewers are following a similar disturbing pattern to the
> breeding atlas by not communicating before delaying or rejecting a sighting
> record.
>
> I find neighboring states to be more responsive. The most recent example
> is of crossbills and ravens I saw in PA from the last 2 days are mapped but
> the Maryland crossbills along with other sightings from mid-November are
> still missing. On a 2010 record that was questionable as to species I
> never heard anything from the local ebird personnel--I did receive a note
> from Marshall Iliff after I sent a recent inquiry (2012) to the ebird main
> site.
>
> I can understand records needing to be reviewed, but not communicating
> anything to the observer before rejecting or delaying is not helpful. This
> is especially true when there is an ongoing major finch irruption and it
> would be very helpful to see the latest sightings.
>
> Jim Wilkinson
> Columbia, MD
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