Re: [mou-net] eBird Dickcissel challenge

[Bruce Fall]

To add to comments of Chris and others, here is a bit more information 
on eBird and the MOU Seasonal Reports database. Data from the MOU 
database are not uploaded into eBird because they generally are in a 
form that isn't useful to eBird--i.e., sightings entered at the level of 
county and not at specific localities. eBird's most useful data come 
from complete checklists (where all species detected are recorded), with 
numbers of individuals of each species counted or estimated, from a 
specific locality (e.g., Old Cedar Ave. Bridge) and for a given effort 
(start time and duration, distance traveled). However, checklist data 
from eBird are uploaded into the MOU Seasonal Reports database by Dave 
Cahlander a few weeks after the end of each season so these do become a 
part of the MOU permanent record and for the past year or so have been 
used in compilation of the Seasonal Reports summaries in The Loon.This 
is possible because eBird checklist localities can be mapped to a 
particular county, and this is how they appear in the MOU database.

Bruce Fall, Minneapolis

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