Date: 1/10/26 5:56 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Not a sighting, eBird email request for more documentation being misinterpreted.
Not a sighting, eBird <ebird-review...> email request for more information by eBird reviewers being misinterpreted. Twice in the last week I have had birders new to entering birds they had seen and entered into eBird express frustration that they were receiving emails from reviewers questioning the sighting. I explained that this is an automatically generated email based not only on the rarity of the bird but also by time of year for that species or number of birds seen. I told them it is not personal as the reviewer doesn't single them out and reviewers are all volunteers devoted to the compiling of accurate information. I explained that I get those notifications all the time. Also, I like to post photos for those birds or give a good description of the birds seen along with a reply to the reviewer that I corrected or deleted the observation. Hats off to our eBird reviewers. If anyone else has any input I'm missing please respond.
