Ken (and Chris*), I have a different interpretation of the ebird NFC rules/guideliness than the Montgomery county (Pennsylvania) ebird compiler for listening live (cc'd here). http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1010492.
It might be easier to just see an example of how you are logging your night flight calls into ebird because I think we are doing approximately the same activity - listening live and recording nfc that we can ID? I checked "Recent Sightings" from Thompkins Co, NY and the only one example in that I could find doesn't seem to fit guidelines *Other questions/improvement suggestings* 1) I brought up the question before about the species that you could conclusively identify as being separable, either partially or entirably. Even if it were not 100% agreed upon, I think it would be good if there were a standard that was used for nfc data entry, e.g. only those fields appear. This would make data entry more standard, easier and provide a good starting point for a more detailed discussion. 2) It would be nice to provide a "cliff note" version of the instructions. The weblink has quite a bit of information which could be broken down into background information and actionable instructions. 3) It would be good to push to have the smartphone app upgraded to enable more functionality that includes easy logging of the NFC protocol. Sincerely, Andrew Albright *Chris - If I recall, sometimes you post here that you listen live and sometimes you review remote recordings? On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Just had about 200 thrushes (mostly Swainsons but also many Gray-cheeked > and Wood Thrush) over my house in Northeast Ithaca in a 45 min count - also > 12 Green Herons and an Am Bittern > > Ken > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 18, 2014, at 9:41 PM, "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" < > c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Just a heads-up about a potential push of birds into this area overnight > tonight... > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *"Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" <c...@cornell.edu> > *Subject: **[nfc-l] Thursday: Night Flight in Northeast* > *Date: *September 18, 2014 at 9:38:18 PM EDT > *To: *NFC-L <nf...@list.cornell.edu> > *Reply-To: *"Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" <c...@cornell.edu> > > There is currently a fairly heavy liftoff going on in the Northeast and > surrounding regions. The high pressure system situated North of Lake > Ontario could make for a good push of birds down into the Northeast > overnight tonight. > > If you can, keep your ears skyward! > > Sincerely, > Chris T-H > > -- > *NFC-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > > -- > Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes > Field Applications Engineer > Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 > W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *NFC-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
