Hi all
Historically when birding, I always enter the species I see and upload them to BirdTrack. However, I only ever mark a species as present, rather than entering the number seen. In the main, this is because I've never really been sure how to apply counts.
For example, I could walk along a waterway and see a Little Egret. 15 minutes later, some 300 yards further along, another is spotted. Is that now 2, even if there was a chance it was the same bird that had moved? Or should we only count the number seen in one spot? The same would apply to, say, a flock of finches that move some distances. If you don't see them move, do you assume a new flock, or the existing flock?
I know the data is more useful with counts, so would like to add them.
Cheers
Historically when birding, I always enter the species I see and upload them to BirdTrack. However, I only ever mark a species as present, rather than entering the number seen. In the main, this is because I've never really been sure how to apply counts.
For example, I could walk along a waterway and see a Little Egret. 15 minutes later, some 300 yards further along, another is spotted. Is that now 2, even if there was a chance it was the same bird that had moved? Or should we only count the number seen in one spot? The same would apply to, say, a flock of finches that move some distances. If you don't see them move, do you assume a new flock, or the existing flock?
I know the data is more useful with counts, so would like to add them.
Cheers