It is not so easy to use the app whilst actually birding, especially in the
rain. Has anyone any idea how to make a correction after it has been
submitted? I put down the wrong bird - White-browed treecreeper, and I
should have entered White-throated. I did not notice until after I had
submitted it. I suspect at least some of the improbable species noted are
just errors in using the app.
Catherine Gillespie
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Andrew Taylor
Sent: Monday, 20 October 2014 9:17 AM
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Subject: Aussie Backyard Bird Count data noisy
Browsing Aussie Backyard Bird Count list for inner Sydney at
http://aussiebirdcount.org.au/sightings/ you find a significant fraction
of lists contain obvious mis-identifications.
Most like Barn Swallow, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Black Currawong,
Black-tailed Native-hen & Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo are easy to
understand. And perhaps the reporter of Abbott's Booby from
Newtown was making a political point. Others IDs are just mysterious
like Black Grasswren.
In one way its good news that a wider demographic has been attracted,
although there is clearly challenges ahead to educate observers &
improve the observations and make the data useful.
The mis-ID could be useful, to estimate observer accuracy, someone
reporting (say) Black Currawong shouldn't be relied to have correctly
ID'ed Little Wattlebird & White-faced Honyeater they've also reported.
Andrew
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