Phil et al.,

eBird is not a good source for these kinds of boundaries. The maps that
eBird uses to determine counties, states, etc. have many known and
unknown boundary issues. Points that are obviously in one county or state
on a map sometimes show up as the bordering one. The eBird folks are aware
of this. When I last corresponded with them about it, they said that they
were using the best GIS layers available, but that even those best layers
have inaccuracies.

That said, I don't know what the county line is at this spot.

Matt Dufort
Seattle

On Friday, August 12, 2016, Philip Dickinson <pdickins at gmail.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pdickins at gmail.com');>> wrote:

> If you plotted the point in ebird, ebird would identify the county -
> although I have seen errors in the past.
>
> Phil Dickinson
> Lake Stevens
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 12, 2016, at 7:32 PM, Matt Bartels <mattxyz at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> After battling west-side traffic, it was great to arrive at the
> Scissor-tailed spot and enjoy great looks.
> Chuck Jensen also was present, and the two of us watched the bird from
> ~5:00 - 5:30 [Chuck longer after that, after I left]
> [directions to the spot down at the bottom, after a county-lister
> diversion]
>
> And a request for help from a county lister:
>
> Anyone have definitive maps for where the Adams / Franklin county line
> falls along SR 24 here? It almost certainly doesn?t run right down the road
> [as shown in DeLorme and probably in eBird ] - but is is just north or just
> south of the road? Is this an Adams Co or a Franklin Co bird? And if we
> know where the line is officially, it would be helpful to know whether
> anyone saw the bird flying far enough afield to be seen in both counties.
> It is a county first no matter where it is ?
>
> The power poles are along the north side of the road, and while I watched,
> all its flycatching was done on the north side of 24 -
>
> I?m sure there are no shortage of maps on line - this one appears to show
> the bird in Franklin Co if you zoom in:
> https://www.maptechnica.com/county-map/Franklin/WA/53021
>
> If anyone wants to weigh in [on or off list] w/ info on the definitive
> boundary, I?d love to hear it.
>
>
> John?s directions, below, worked like a charm ?
>
> *From: *"Bruce LaBar" <blabar at harbornet.com>
> *Subject: **[Tweeters] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher*
> *Date: *August 10, 2016 at 3:22:18 PM PDT
> *To: *"Tweeters" <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>
> John Puscock just called me and asked if I would post his finding of a
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher near Othello. He just found it on Hwy. 24, 10-11
> miles west of Othello. On wires with Western and Eastern Kingbirds. He said
> that it was approximately 5 poles west of milepost 68. Near here is the
> intersection of Hwy. 24, Hart and Hendricks road. Also there is a
> irrigation canal near here that goes under the road. Few places to park off
> Hwy.
> Bruce
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> Best,
> Matt Bartels
> Seattle, WA
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