I don't think review of PA flagged birds is any faster than MD - for example I reported 30 WW Crossbills at a continuing site in Wash County over 36 hours ago and they still haven't been confirmed even though I have pics embedded in my checklist. Its not a big deal. Our MD reviewers do a terrific job! Be patient with them...
Russ Ruffing
Woodstock, MD
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On Nov 24, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Jim Wilkinson <lakekoshare...> wrote:
> Bill and others,
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> This is one of those emails I wrote quickly and with a degree of frustration and wish I'd included a big thank you to the volunteer ebird reviewers in their great efforts.
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> My issue is that the response time seems to be slower than it was up to about 2009 or 10. I realize there are lots of data, but certainly PA also has a lot of sightings to review as well and yet their records were mapped and I received an email from the Central PA bird alert compiler today. The number of high quality digital photos should also help speed up the review process.
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> Again, I appreciate the hard work of ebird volunteers and others, I just wish there was more communication. I don't like having records rejected either and I realize that not all my sightings will qualify--I try to add probable etc when I am not completely sure but would like others to know of a potential record. I am also not able to take good digital photos so must rely on written reports. I've purchased a better camera and look forward to learning the how-to when I retire which is in only 2 weeks :)
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> Best,
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> Jim Wilkinson
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> On Saturday, November 24, 2012 2:24:45 PM UTC-5, Jim Wilkinson wrote:
>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Jim Wilkinson
>> Columbia, MD
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