Date: 11/9/24 8:10 am From: Steven W. Cardiff via groups.io <scardif...> Subject: [labird] Late fall 2024 "Tyrannid-Palooza" in south LA
Dear Labird eBirders- I'm putting out a general request to anyone involved in recent reports of Western Flycatcher, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Couch's Kingbird, Tropical/Couch's kingbird, or Cassin's Kingbird to please submit reports to the Louisiana Bird Records Committee:
--All those species are on the LBRC review list.
--I'm the primary eBird reviewer for SE LA.
--Based on my initial review of the ID, for observations already including media I will "Accept" but with a comment "pending LBRC review."
--If an observation indicates "Photo" or "recording," then I will typically temporarily mark it as "Unconfirmed-awaiting media." I will convert those to "Accept" as the media are added and the records move back to "Rereview" status. If the media never appear, then the observation will remain as unconfirmed. Reviewers may not have time to send reminders.....
--Many observations are being submitted as "continuing at location." I may or may not accept those as "Known to be at location- pending LBRC review," but I'm reluctant to accept observations that post-date the last observation with hard evidence. Some of those may have photos/audio to be added but I have no way of knowing that if you don't say it in the details.
--It's easy to submit a report to the LBRC, and you can cross-reference to your eBird list. The LBRC is not obligated to review EBird observations not linked to a LBRC report. So, the best plan is for at least one observer from each group to submit the record so that it is archived by the LBRC and you get credit. You can summarize multiple dates of observation in one report.
Thanks for listening, and please contact me off-list if you have questions.
