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  1. temmie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    The primary purpose of eBird could be perfectly aligned with what birders like most (not 'art' which is just vagueness, but exact, high-quality info). That's what I would call an excuse. You can make visualisation of data faster by aggregating data, and only show detailed data the moment users...
  2. temmie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    While I am grateful for your elaborate response, there is no good reason why you couldn't e.g. 1. make a list and start birding; 2. add birds to the list while birding, and have the app register your current location for that addition; 3. allow you to either share that location info in the list...
  3. temmie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    Well, I really wanted this on ebird before I got to search the bird! It seems nobody has bothered to name it a 'Bahia Tapaculo Stakeout' location, and as you never know if a location in ebird is exact, you couldn't have guessed which one is the stake out! Hindsight is 20/20. Take away the red...
  4. temmie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    Why would you make a checklist every half an hour, birding a trail for hours? You would introduce artificial time stamps and locations for arbitrary lists?
  5. temmie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    You can get a list of species for a hotspot, and filter out target species for that particular hotspot. Ofcourse, you either need a hotspot nearby or a hotspot of a similar habitat (sometimes 100K away, e.g. often this works in the Amazon) so you get a genuine list of species you could target...
  6. temmie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    ebird has undisputable advantages with checklists: 1. a checklist is a reference point where you immediately can evaluate whether a bird you consider is rare or not. So checklists help to better evaluate ID in areas where you don't have much experience. 2. hotspots help enormeously sifting out...
  7. temmie

    eBird and Birding on the move

    not true. Just to give you one example: These are the 655 entries I made, in the field, with exact coordinates, during 2 weeks of birding in Brazil. The raw data you get from one trip like this is worth 10x more than any list in ebird. Just the Bahia Tapaculo spot took me some hours to find...
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