Content preview: I also watch the discussion about eBird with interest and
from my limited observation it can be great fun as a personal birding tool
- but here's some thoughts that may get me "flamed" - I hope not - just a
contribution to make sure we use the right application for the right purpose
and understand their limitations (in the Australian context). Please tell
me if I am misguided. My main concern is around data integrity. I see the
following on the eBird Australia site and that gives me comfort for the time
being. i.e. that there is no data transfer yet to the Birdlife Australia
Atlas - thank heavens!: "All data entered through Eremaea eBird will be
passed
onto the Atlas. We have not yet set up a transfer link between the Atlas
and Eremaea eBird, but we are in discussions with them — so watch this
space!"
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I also watch the discussion about eBird with interest and from my limited o=
bservation it can be great fun as a personal birding tool - but here's some=
thoughts that may get me "flamed" - I hope not - just a contribution to m=
ake sure we use the right application for the right purpose and understand =
their limitations (in the Australian context). Please tell me if I am misgu=
ided. My main concern is around data integrity. I see the following on the =
eBird Australia site and that gives me comfort for the time being. i.e. tha=
t there is no data transfer yet to the Birdlife Australia Atlas - thank hea=
vens!: "All data entered through Eremaea eBird will be passed onto the Atla=
s. We have not yet set up a transfer link between the Atlas and Eremaea eBi=
rd, but we are in discussions with them =97 so watch this space!"
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Do they intend eBird to eventually provide clean data to the Atlas?
or will the Atlas staff have to apply the moderation because I see no evide=
nce of adequate eBird moderation of data entry. =
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It is a concern to me because as I see it, eBird is a great personal tool a=
nd very feature rich. Fabulous for personal recreational birding. However t=
hat is not necessarily compatible with the data quality required for a scie=
ntific data set used for EIS work (for a Birdlife fee) for example. I have =
read the eBird statement on filtering and reviewing data and that is fine a=
nd dandy but on my reading their filtering for species occurrence is at Sta=
te level in Australia? Whoa!!! So if someone records Mallee Fowl for Bondi,=
the eBird filter wont find that one?? Maybe I am misinterpreting?
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I currently see regular duplicated data in eBird as each person naturally w=
ishes to have a personal data set - so for example, three people out togeth=
er generate three lists of the same or similar species for the same locatio=
n. That of course may not matter if you are only interested in a binary re=
cord of species presence at a site.
However some records I see entered, for areas I know well, would never get =
near the Atlas database without requests for verification and URFs. e.g. th=
e Warriewood Wetlands in Sydney which is one of my Atlas "favourite sites" =
and is an eBird "hotspot" has a count of 10 Western Gerygone for a date in=
2013. Now I know you never say never with bird behaviour and distribution,=
but I reckon that might have attracted the Atlas moderators attention and =
a question or three?? But then yes, they do occur in NSW and have been rec=
orded in (generally western) Sydney! Graeme Stevens disclaimer:Long term At=
lasser with lots of skin in that game! - and very pleased to be corrected =
on any of the above. I also recognise that the current version of the Atlas=
has real limitations as a personal tool and record - but that was not it's=
original purpose. A new portal release is under development I understand.
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