Sabine's Gull, Long Beach near Portland!!!

[Nikolas Haass <>]

No, Mike, I disagree!

If everyone puts the right information into the headline of their message (e.g. 
"species-place-state" or "place-state" if you aren't reporting a specific 
species), then the pre-screening process would be much easier and save a lot of 
time.
I.e. if you are in Sydney you may or may not be interested in the fourth 
Channel-billed Cuckoo of the season on Croker Island... So a useful headline 
could be a good indicator for "read" or "delete".
Moreover, a useful headline makes later web searches for specific species or 
places much easier.

The above Sabine's Gull was seen yesterday in off Long Beach near Portland, 
Oregon, USA. Not in Long Beach, NSW, nor in Long Beach, TAS, nor in Portland, 
VIC, nor in Portland, NSW!
If I had put "Sabine's Gull, Long Beach near Portland, OR, USA" it may have 
caused less anxiety in Victoria this morning.

Cheers,


Nikolas


 
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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW


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From: Mike Honeyman <>
To: 
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:34 AM
Subject: Re Croker Island

I'm getting as irritated by the 'please tell me where it is' messages as some 
people are by the lack details!

If you have the internet it takes as long to type the name into googlemaps or 
something similar as it does to send a message complaining to birding-aus.

With the added bonus of getting an actual map or satellite image, which is much 
more descriptive than words or GPS references on here. And whilst there may be 
odd time there is still confusion I would wager that nine times out of ten you 
get the right spot. There is certainly only one Croker Island in Australia 
showing on googlemaps.

Cheers

mjh
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