Good points.  But for the benefit of others I'll note that even if a
rare sighting is "in escrow" (I noticed that the CCSP sightings are
visible, at least as of today), you can still find the location if
it's a designated "hotspot" (and most sightings are at hotspots) and
you know the name of the hotspot.  For the benefit of others, what I
do is go to "view and explore data" tab, click on "bar charts", and
then select hot spots for Maryland, then I select, e.g. Meadowbrook
Park (How. Co.), to get its bar chart and then click on any species in
the chart--that gives you a map with a balloon at the location you
requested.

Jim Moore
Rockville, MD

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:22 AM, James Tyler Bell <> wrote:
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> Use caution with this and don't assume that all bird sightings will be shown. Reports that are still held up in the review process will not show up as they are excluded from the public access side of the database. This pertains to birds that may be a tricky ID and are left to the MD/DC RC to debate speciation. Other more cut and dry species, though state reviewable, may pass through the eBird review process ahead of a ruling by the RC (eg the two Scissor-tailed Flycatchers on the eastern shore this year were throughly photo-documented).
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> Basically, the balloons work great for stuff that's passed review but there will be no balloon for some reports in escrow!
>
>
> Tyler Bell
> 
> California, Maryland
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jim Moore <>
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> Sent: Mon, November 16, 2009 6:54:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Locations-- eBird
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> [snip]
> Then, when I want to find the location of a recently spotted bird, I
> click on the species name. This takes you to a map of Maryland showing
> all sightings. I then look for the yellow balloons (indicating a
> sighting within the last 30 days), and click on the balloon to get
> detailed information about the sighting and verify it is the location
> I'm looking for. You can then zoom in to street level, using either
> street map, satellite, or hybrid views, to see the exact location of the
> report.
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