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Hi Keith and all:
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I entered X for species seen within my ebird areas for about 20 years prior=
to my starting with E-bird. This was collected from my logbooks of specie=
s I had seen over the years. I was told that it would be viewed and record=
ed in my records but would not be seen by the public or anyone else and tha=
t it was best to put at least one in for the species=2C but this was years =
later after I had taken the time and effort to enter the data in. I origin=
ally was told that an X for a species if the numbers were unknown was the w=
ay to do it. This was wrong. When I have spare time in my old age I'll ha=
ve to go back and update all of this data previously entered with numbers s=
o it has scientific value. It is good that you have questioned this in th=
e early stages of your ebird access. All the best=2C
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James R. Hirtle
LaHave =20
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From: mythos25@live.com
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] eBird: The Trouble with X
Date: Thu=2C 1 Jan 2015 20:36:57 -0400
I just rain across this short article on eBird explaining why your best est=
imate is always better than entering an X for the number of birds. I assume=
d that was the case but I did have some doubt and wondered if I should be =
giving it my best guess if I wasn=92t sure. http://help.ebird.org/customer/=
portal/articles/1006732-the-trouble-with-x---why-you-should-always-estimate=
-numbers- =
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bsp=3B<BR><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"6">I entered X for species seen w=
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in my records but =3Bwould not be seen =3Bby the public or =3B=
anyone else =3Band that it was best to put at least one in for the spec=
ies=2C but this was years later after I had taken the time and effort to en=
ter the data in. =3B I originally was told that an X for a species if t=
he numbers were unknown was the way to do it. =3B This was wrong. =
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