haibal Mitra
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 11:41 AM
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell edu
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] (Over)Certainty in eBird reports (Brooklyn Painted
Bunting info)
Doug's message is important and deserves careful attention from all
contributors to citizen science. People should tak
it was a shallow hole.
> On February 13, 2020 at 8:32 AM Bob Grover wrote:
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> As I have been known to do, I am about to dig myself a hole here. This is
> an interesting discussion. My only caution is that we must all recognize
> ebird, as well as the CBC’s, and similar efforts, for w
Doug's message is important and deserves careful attention from all
contributors to citizen science. People should take care to be objective,
accurate, and interpretable in their conclusions.
But I would also stress that this shouldn't mean giving up and omitting
analysis altogether when, as is
Hi Doug,
Thanks for starting this interesting discussion. I looked into Painted Bunting
molts earlier this winter when I started looking at the spate of e-bird reports
of vagrants from around Maryland and north. I found at least 15 or so records
for this fall and early winter, many of them in
Thanks for posting this Doug, it is very interesting to hear what Peter had
to say about it. I do see what you're talking about though with the slight
blueish tinge in the nape area.
Good point regarding bid info as well
Herb
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 8:16 PM Doug Gochfeld wrote:
> While the spec
