Date: 3/12/26 8:54 am From: <nha......> <nhanke...> Subject: [NHBirds] Location in eBird - please choose correct hotspot
This is a reminder that location for an eBird checklist is meant to represent *where the birder was located throughout the time of that checklist*, not where they were looking towards. If you are standing outside a hotspot or in hotspot B rather than hotspot A, then do not assign the list to hotspot A. When multiple hotspots are close together, for example in Hinsdale (Hinsdale Setbacks, Hinsdale Bluffs, Fort Hill Rail Trail, Lake Wantastiquet), if you bird across more than one location, then either stop one list at the boundary and then start another, or use a personal location with a descriptive name. If you were on the bluffs and not actually in Lake Wantastiquet, do not use the pin of Lake Wantastiquet. Otherwise, data will be wrong, implying open water habitat when multiple waterfowl are reported when in fact the water is fully frozen-over. Also, birders will be misled as to where birds are located, wasting their time and energy in the wrong location.
