ohlookabirdie
love the birds!!!
Hey guys,
I'm a new eBird user and I'm loving it for keeping my lists and recording my sighting when I'm out birding. my question for you seasoned eBird users is this; what do you do when you are not actively looking for birds, but spot something you know isn't on a list while going about your daily business? do you open the app there and then and record the sighting as an incomplete list? do you stop what you are doing and take time to do a complete list of where you are? do you do one of the previous options but leave it until you have time? do you ignore it? what if you are driving?
an example from today, I was driving into town and I spotted 3 Hooded Crows, which I know are not on my 2023 list yet, and I just didnt know how to deal with it now that I use eBird. before I would have just ticked it off the list when I got home, pen and paper are sometimes easier
I'm a new eBird user and I'm loving it for keeping my lists and recording my sighting when I'm out birding. my question for you seasoned eBird users is this; what do you do when you are not actively looking for birds, but spot something you know isn't on a list while going about your daily business? do you open the app there and then and record the sighting as an incomplete list? do you stop what you are doing and take time to do a complete list of where you are? do you do one of the previous options but leave it until you have time? do you ignore it? what if you are driving?
an example from today, I was driving into town and I spotted 3 Hooded Crows, which I know are not on my 2023 list yet, and I just didnt know how to deal with it now that I use eBird. before I would have just ticked it off the list when I got home, pen and paper are sometimes easier