Hi Everyone,
I just want to add that I believe the eBird volunteers do a fantastic job. I respect the decisions that are made with filter setting and was only mentioning it because individual discretion is a factor in variation between counties. I completely respect that and feel the checklist filters I see in the area I bird are reasonable. I failed to mention that in my previous posting.
Jon Corcoran
Catonsville, MD
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Subject: Re: [MDBirding] EBird filter and Yellow Palm Warbler
I agree with Jon.� I've noticed a number of filter differences between counties that seem to be due to different approaches to setting the filters by the respective county expert rather than differences in bird distribution.� E.g., IIRC, juncos were being flagged at the end of April in Howard but not Montgomery.� One thing I'd like to see in an ideal world would be some attempt at making filters uniform when there's really no distribution differences between the counties.� But I can imagine that would be a time consuming and politically dicey endeavor!
Good Birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, MD
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Jon Corcoran <nvjxc11...> wrote:
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>The eBird filters go by county, so in Baltimore they are still on the "common" list but in Hartford they have been deemed "late" at this point I suppose. These filters are set on an individual county basis, and often by different volunteers I believe, which may be why in some cases there is some variation between neighboring counties (aside from factors like eco-region or hotspots for specific species..)
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>Subject: [MDBirding] EBird filter and Yellow Palm Warbler
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>Maybe one of the reviewers can respond to this. I found a bright Yellow Palm Warbler at Susquehanna on May 3--listed as "rare" on eBird for this location. So I had to give an explanation, etc., etc. Today I submitted checklists to eBird for two different locations locations near Loch Raven Res.--in these two cases, I noticed that Yellow Palm was on the regular list (not "rare"). Can someone tell me why? I'm curious to know, especially since Susquehanna is such a good migration spot in general. Thanks.
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