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  1. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    I think you are exactly correct. There are other databases with other purposes and goals. And eBird does some of these things in a limited capacity, but when you explore the Science tab, you see a heavy emphasis on global trend sort of information; and I'm sure they present it prominently...
  2. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    This is what I was talking about earlier though - I just wouldn't want to use eBird or any citizen science effort for habitat preference studies, unless it is some very macro-level scale such as elevation. When birds make habitat selection, its so often based on things like botany, cover...
  3. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    This is commonly done - there is a data format called "incidental" which is basically for non-areal or non-point counts. On the topic of purposes, it does not contribute much to the macro-level things that Cornell is looking for.... but it is a really good tool for those birders interested in...
  4. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    I'm not sure who or what is being excused - so forgive me if I'm off topic in some way. But I will add that your proposal sounds to me like different sort of data-tracking than the Google-Maps based system provides with much ease. It was a large effort when eBird added its pathway tracking...
  5. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    It's as true about eBird as with lots of other tools - many of us have different uses for it with varying degrees of alignment with its core purpose. So yes, there is an "art" to using eBird to find birds and sure its valid to complain when that requires a lot of effort, but we do also need to...
  6. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    I think you've hit the exact point though - as a scientific tool, eBird is designed for macro level projects: the kind that are difficult without an enormous geography of data. Here is a recent study using eBird to investigate subspecies of a sparrow at a rangewide scale: Applying Citizen...
  7. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    The first statement doesn't match my experience with the app at all, nor that of anyone else I've known who uses it. When I go to "Choose a location" in the app, it provides suggestions, and as I said before, if I'm not right on a hotspot marker or a checklist marker that I've previously made...
  8. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    Yes - I believe the lat/long problem is a quirk of the Google Maps layout they use. The easiest way to get lat/long when you're on a computer is to click on the lower left of the map where it says "Google" and it brings up Google Maps in another window - the lat/long is in the site address and...
  9. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    Just adding information for future viewers - eBird does indeed allow people to record any bird at any moment and location. These checklists are easy to do - on a computer it is as simple as clicking a location on the map and on the app this is in fact the default suggestion unless you are in...
  10. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    I see. If your emphasis is on precise location, then certainly hotspots are not the thing for you. But it is certainly not eBird's guidance never to use incidental reporting for a hotspot - so long as the bird is actually within the hotspot it is still useful data. Generalizing to a hotspot...
  11. Kirk Roth

    eBird and Birding on the move

    I'm not certain I'm understanding the issue here - the app by default uses an auto selection for a pinned geographic location, although one may then choose a hotspot or previously used location if they like. Not the other way around. In my experience, even if I am in an area with no phone...
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