Date: 5/7/26 6:56 am From: David Campbell (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Faked ebird checklists Watauga Co.
We did actually find two Greater White-Fronted Geese near where he reported
them in Cleveland County back in February, but the Cleveland County rarity
alert emails reports often just say something like" singing at my house",
not readily verified. [In fact, the Greater White-Fronted geese were
hanging out with Snow and Ross's as well as Canadas, for a rather
remarkable Piedmont goose set.]
On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 8:15 AM Patty Masten <carolinabirds...> wrote:
> Take a look at his checklists in his home county of Cleveland. It’s
> ridiculous. We need accurate data in eBird now and in the future, not these
> fake checklists.
>
> Patty Masten
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 7, 2026, at 8:09 AM, Ron Clark <carolinabirds...> wrote:
>
>
> The same is happening in Gaston County. 163 species on two lists.
>
> Ron Clark
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM Derek Aldrich <carolinabirds...>
> wrote:
>
>> The NC reviewer can invalidate the checklists. I will forward to them.
>>
>> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM Christopher Clack <carolinabirds...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Guy,
>>> This is ridiculous looks like maybe he added every bird that didn't
>>> require a comment. I would Love to get 176 species in 2 and 1/2 hours
>>> though 😂
>>> Chris Clack
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 6, 2026, 8:34 PM <badgerboy...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone using ebird to plan trips or birding locations should be aware
>>>> of
>>>> some faked data showing up for Watauga County from May 4.
>>>>
>>>> https://ebird.org/checklist/S333553214 and
>>>> https://ebird.org/checklist/S333550153 are pretty bizarre. I already
>>>> reported them to Ebird but have no idea whether they actually check
>>>> their email or do anything about such stuff. There have also been
>>>> others
>>>> along these lines by the same ebird user.
>>>>
>>>> Guy (McGrane, Boone NC)
>>>>
>>>>
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Dr. David Campbell
Professor, Geology
Department of Natural Sciences
110 S Main St, Campus Box #7270
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs NC 28017
