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  1. raymie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    I agree. Use hotspots if a good hotspot applies. If not, there's no shame in using a personal location.
  2. raymie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    Absolutely, one of the main purposes of eBird is allowing people to find birds. If used correctly, eBird does this extremely well. The problem is people don't know how to submit to eBird properly. "Day lists" are explicitly not allowed in eBird, as are checklists that cover a distance longer...
  3. raymie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    Hotspots are intended for relatively small, easily definable areas, at which point hiding the location doesn't really matter, since everyone who birds in these locations would have a very similar track. The problem arises from shoddy hotspot reviewing that is allowing hotspots to be created for...
  4. raymie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    The Ivory-bill was a legitimate record in the database, just a historical one. It was a problem with the model the authors of the paper used to estimate the numbers, not with eBird.
  5. raymie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    A huge database for all forms of citizen science data already exists - GBIF.
  6. raymie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    Yes, not all hotspots are good. I don't use ones that constitute a very large or undefinable area. Hotspots that don't however, I use regularly, and others should too. I also don't usually use them for incidental or stationary checklists either, although occasionally if it makes sense to do so...
  7. raymie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    Hotspots are most useful to other birders, so they can know what species were present at a particular location on any given day. If they want to know what species were seen at their local park, for instance.
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