There are many protocols and reviewers in place to address issues that arise in eBird reports.  This person’s take on how eBird functions is based on ignorance of those processes and should be disregarded.  In fact, this person’s post is probably outside of the legitimate concerns of this Listserv.

Jon Cefus
Carroll Co.  



> On Dec 14, 2017, at 6:43 AM, John Herman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> There is an ebird list for Lake County, Ohio that obviously has some
> problems. 32 species were supposedly seen at 8:45 P.M. on 10 December 2017.
> P. M. Species reported includes 7 species of owls, while not impossible,
> quite unlikely. Also multiple species of passerines at 8:45 P. M.
> Supposedly, 50 miles were traveled during the 30 minute birding. Which
> means the observer traveled 100 or more miles per hour while birding, in
> theory.
> Ebirds limits are only concerned with bird species reported and their
> rarity. There are no limits for time of day reported or how fast the
> observer was travelling.
> Ebird has potential to be quality but it has a long ways to go to get there.
> John Herman
> 
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