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Discussion => General Discussions => Topic started by: American Redstart on May 05, 2012, 02:10:59 PM

Title: ebird mixup?
Post by: American Redstart on May 05, 2012, 02:10:59 PM

I was doing my list for colonel sam's on ebird when I couldn't find long-tailed duck.
Long-tailed duck was on the list of rarities. I see long tails at colonel sam's all the time.
Was this an ebird mistake?

Title: Re: ebird mixup?
Post by: Reuven_M on May 05, 2012, 02:56:03 PM

The lists of what is rare are manually created - so there are occasional mixups like this.

Title: Re: ebird mixup?
Post by: thouc on May 05, 2012, 04:52:05 PM

Which birds are considered "rare" also varies from month to month and county to county. I also noticed that Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead and Red-breasted Merganser were considered "rare" for Toronto in May.

Title: Re: ebird mixup?
Post by: American Redstart on May 06, 2012, 11:19:44 AM

Thanks thouc and Reuven.

Title: Re: ebird mixup?
Post by: Brian Bailey on May 06, 2012, 12:26:17 PM

I noticed that Long-tailed duck and Lesser Scaup are off the "likely" list now.  It seems a bit early to take them off the list, but it's not a huge deal.  I'm all in favour of the keeping it  short.

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