A little bit more on this-- sensitive species are hidden in eBird in that
the data is "blurred" and the exact location is not revealed. In North
America, you'll see this is for Gunnison Sage-Grouse, Lesser
Prairie-Chicken, Northern Hawk-Owl, Great Gray Owl, and Gyrfalcon (and
maybe a few others). You can report them, but others cannot zoom in and see
the details. eBird's list of "sensitive species" is here:
https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000803210-sensitive-species-in-ebird#Sensitive-Species-List
eBird is continually updating and revising this list.
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 7:55 PM Dave Slager <
dave.slager at gmail.com> wrote:
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Rachel,
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Depending on the species and location, this fortunately might not be true
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anymore.
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https://ebird.org/news/sensitive-species-in-ebird
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Dave
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On Wed, May 25, 2022, 19:15 Rachel Lawson <rwlawson5593 at outlook.com>
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wrote:
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I just got back from a tour during which we saw a single bustard of a
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species that is vulnerable to extinction. Our guide told us not to report
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this individual on eBird because Saudi Arabian falconers read the reports
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and, within days, will arrive and kill it. What a terrible use of an
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otherwise excellent resource.
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Rachel Lawson
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Seattle
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rwlawson5593 at outlook.com
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