Very good point. That was one of the concerns during designing our project of shorebird mapping but finally we had a nice solution to keep such records out of the sight of unethical rarity hunters. A simple checkbox allows or doesn't allow visibility of a submitted record. Only admin can see it - who is trustable! Kind regards, Gyorgy Szimuly (Szimi)/WorldWaders __________ Tata, Hungary Website: http://www.worldwaders.org Project enquiry: [email protected] Skype: worldwaders.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118733871495865
On 4 Jul 2010, at 13:32, omoo3 wrote: "1(c) Before advertising the presence of a rare bird, evaluate the potential for disturbance to the bird ... The sites of rare nesting birds should be divulged only to the proper conservation authorities." That's as good a reason as any not to report nests to eBird until the autumn, which asks contributors to pinpoint nesting sites with perfect accuracy. Fortunately for the nests I found, I needed no reminders of the rules concerning birding ethics. But people did write asking me to bring them there; I simply declined to answer them. Thanks for the good reminder, Christine. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
