Unfortunately, some birders don’t realize they are getting multiple suggestions for one bird, and instead list all of them as species on their eBird reports. This is going to require careful scrutiny, good judgement and delicate communication on the part of reviewers.
Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette, CO > On Sep 13, 2022, at 2:58 PM, David Suddjian <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is not a Merlin gripe, but just a funny experience from this morning at > Deer Creek. > > Were I to follow the magician's lead, I had an unprecedented collection of > vireos in one spot today near Deer Creek in JeffCo. It's fun anytime you have > singing vireos in the fall, as some species do, making it easier to detect > them,... if not to view them, But to have five different species singing in > one tree in September is virtually unprecedented. Sadly, virtual was all it > was. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S118667599 > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S118667599> > > There WERE two Plumbeous Vireos singing near to each other, as you can hear > on the recording on the checklist. One was much closer to me, and is louder. > And there WAS a Cassin's Vireo nearby, but it was silent for Merlin during my > encounter. So that is two species. And while Merlin identified my prominent > singing PLVI correctly sometimes, but also variously as a Cassin's, a > Yellow-throated, a Red-eyed and a Black-whiskered Vireo. Hey, there's one new > state bird in there!! All those were its proposed IDs for the one singing > PLVI. Let the user beware for all rare bird reports via dear Merlin. This we > know. Personally I can relate, as I have a hard time telling the song of the > PLVI from that of the CAVI. > > At the same location last week Merlin reported a Water Rail. A Water Rail?! > > David Suddjian > Ken Caryl Valley > Littleton CO > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en> > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > <https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6Ropnyg65bszn4vEny8eva_KacJH0%2B1xkukh3gLOOAucxTA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6Ropnyg65bszn4vEny8eva_KacJH0%2B1xkukh3gLOOAucxTA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/3C99680F-0015-4727-B238-083E76038559%40gmail.com.
