another way to see these observations is to go to the Explore page on
eBird, then select Alerts, and look for eBird alerts for the relevant
region - the ABA area, state of Wisconsin, or whatever. this shows all
recent reports of eBird of rare species, regardless of whether the records
have been con
I believe that the reason is that so far the eBird reviewers for that region
have not confirmed any of the sightings reported in eBird. The eBird outputs
--- at least the maps --- will only directly display these flagged rarities
after they have been given a status of "confirmed" by regional re