What are birds sensitive to?

What are sensitive species in eBird?

Sensitive Species in eBird are those for which demonstrable harm could occur from public display of site-level records, including (but not limited to): 1) targeted capture for the cage bird trade; 2) targeted hunting; 3) targeted disturbance of nests, roosts, or individual birds from birdwatchers or photographers.

When should I include sensitive records in my eBird checklist?

Wait until the season is over and the sensitive bird (s) have left before reporting the birds to eBird. You can go back and ‘edit’ your checklists later to include sensitive records after the birds have departed. Do not provide explicit coordinates or directions to sensitive records.

What are the risks associated with eBird data?

Some bird species face risks from humans of capture, targeted killing, or significant targeted disturbance. Open-access data can be a risk for these birds that are targeted for exploitation. eBird data output is restricted to protect these “Sensitive Species” while still allowing important data about them to be entered into eBird.

What are eBird’s rare bird alerts?

What species are included? eBird’s Rare Bird Alerts notify you when any species flagged as “Rare” is reported in your region of interest for the past 7 days.

When should I include all the birds on a checklist?

Any time that you start a new checklist, include all birds that you see or hear for a complete checklist, even if you recorded the same birds earlier on a different checklist. However, do not include counts of an individual bird twice within the same checklist.

Why do eBird alerts include both accepted and unreviewed observations?

To ensure timely notification of potentially exciting species, Alerts may be sent before observations have been reviewed by a local volunteer data reviewer. In other words, eBird Alerts will include both “Accepted” AND unreviewed observations. Accepted records have “CONFIRMED” written next to the species name.

Do all eBird checklists follow eBird rules and best practices?

However, all eBird checklists—regardless of protocols— should adhere to eBird Rules and Best Practices . All core eBird protocols require an exact calendar date (day, month, and year). If the date of your birding activity is unknown, or your observations span multiple dates, please consider entering your data as a “List-building” checklist instead.

What should I consider when conducting an eBird analysis?

We emphasize that for any eBird analysis, you should consider the taxonomy of your study organisms, and whether you’re accessing the intended data from eBird. For example, are you interested in all Willets or do you want to treat the eastern and western populations separately since they’re completely allopatric on their breeding grounds?

What is a Rare Bird Alert?

The Rare Bird Alert shows observations of rare birds in the state or county. It includes both unreviewed and reviewed observations over the last 7 days. The report notifies you about any unusual bird that has been reported.

Why can’t I unsubscribe from eBird alerts?

Note: if you can’t seem to unsubscribe from Alerts, it’s because you’re subscribed to duplicate versions of the same Alert through multiple eBird accounts. You will need to manage your subscriptions by logging in to each separate account. See here for more info on account troubleshooting.

What happens if I report a notable or rare bird?

If you report a notable or rare bird on a checklist, please make a comment. eBird will alert you when an observation you are submitting in a checklist is an unusual sighting and ask you to add a comment describing your observation.

How should I estimate bird numbers on my checklist?

At eBird we encourage you to make your best estimate of bird numbers on every checklist. Your best estimate of numbers is always more useful than putting an “X’ to indicate presence. An “X’ could be one or it could be a thousand! We can always simplify numbers back to presence/absence for analysis.

Do you need to see every bird to have a checklist?

You do not need to see, hear, or know every bird to have a complete checklist. A complete checklist does NOT mean you identified every bird to species level. Nor does it mean you detected every bird that was present-that’s pretty much impossible!

What if I cannot assign a bird to a particular species?

Even if you cannot assign a bird to a particular species, we encourage you to use “spuhs” for birds identified to a general group (like “hawk sp.” or “duck sp.”), OR “slash” options for birds identified to one of 2 or 3 species (e.g., “Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk”). Is my checklist complete? Your checklist is complete if:

What are rare bird alerts and ABA alerts?

See Rare Bird Alerts and ABA Alerts below for descriptions of which species are included on each type of Alert. In general, only recently reported species that are marked with a “Rare” icon-indicating they are unusual for that date and location-are included on Alerts. Learn more about how “Rare” species are flagged.

Why doesn’t my observation appear on a Rare Bird Alert?

If you’re certain that your observation should appear on a Rare Bird Alert, but doesn’t, please check your eBird preferences, and make sure that “Hide my data from eBird Alerts” is unchecked. What does “Confirmed” vs “Unconfirmed” mean on Alerts?

Why can’t I See confirmed species in alerts?

If you do not see “CONFIRMED” next to a species in an email Alert (and/or an orange “Unconfirmed” on the Alerts page), the observation has not yet been reviewed by a local volunteer data editor. Species that have been reviewed and unconfirmed by a reviewer are not included on Alerts.

What is eBird best practices?

Follow eBird Best Practices eBird gathers bird observations around the world and makes them available to researchers, educators, and conservationists working to understand and conserve birds. Your eBird observations can power cutting-edge science like eBird’s status and trend maps .

What is eBird and how does it work?

eBird is an ideal tool for recording bird observations, and a link to hundreds of thousands of citizen-scientist birdwatchers who use it every day. eBird is amassing one of the largest and fastest-growing biodiversity data resources in the world through user-submitted checklists that document the presence or abundance of species on your land.

What is the ABA code for rare birds?

This alert is for observations of rare birds (ABA code 3 and above) in the ABA Area. ABA Rarities Subscribe Rare Bird Alerts Email alerts for rare birds in a particular area.

What is Rare Bird Alert?

Rare Bird Alert is filled with beautiful bird sightings and environmental insights. It also touches on important issues, such as Hafting’s struggle to overcome racial and gender bias as she was building her reputation as one of B.C.’s top birders.

Why do I need an eBird alert?

SubscribeView Needs Alerts Email alerts for species you have not personally recorded in a particular region. Once you report a species from that region in eBird, that species will no longer appear on this alert (even if it is a rare).