I believe they don’t count on county/state lists or users' lists, even if you report them as regular species taxa (or if they don't have a domestic designation in the first place). If you tick a Black Swan in Australia, you'll see your list go up by one. If you tick it in NJ, you won't, even if you enter it without the feral/domestic moniker. The eBird algorithm 'decides' where it's apprpriate from a listing perspective. At least that was my understanding.... I might be wrong.
*Dominic Garcia-Hall* *www.antbirds.com <http://www.antbirds.com/>* *NY +1 917 740 1945* *UK +44 161 408 4002* On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 at 18:53, nathan o'reilly <natro...@hotmail.com> wrote: > And I believe that is why the ebird reviewers ask you to include them. > That way they can get an idea of what other species are out there competing > for food and habitat. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 19, 2017, at 1:50 PM, Angus Wilson <oceanwander...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > For European Goldfinch I suspect 'domesticated' isn't an option. Same for > other known or presumed escapes or deliberate releases that occur with > regularity in NYS (e.g. Chukar and various non-domesticated waterfowl). > Personally, I think tracking these potential colonizers is important and > interesting. Simply invalidating them or discouraging reporting isn't a > good solution. Issues with list purity can be a separate conversation, > decoupled from the scientific uses of this information. > > Angus Wilson > New York City, NY > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
