When the eBird data is uploaded to MOU is the reporter's ID included? Bill On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Bruce Fall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?SUBED1=mou-net<http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net> > Archives: > http://lists.umn.edu/archives/**mou-net.html<http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html> > -- O. William (Bill) Bruins 1538 11th Avenue NE Rochester, MN 55906-4213 507-281-1607 - home 507-202-1284 - cell ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
