Cobirders,
I have recently found HUNDREDS of my eBird checklists changed with no notification to me.
1. All checklists prior to June 1, 2005, have had the protocol changed to "Incidental" rather than travelling, etc. I have changed a few of these, but the volume would make doing all of them too much.
2. Checklists flagged as having location problems, even though they are for an eBird hotspot. I do have some that are too wide an area, e.g. county level, but not many. All these were changed to "Incidental".
3. Checklists flagged as "List Building Checklists", whatever that is.
I have been an eBird user since it started, and it seems blanket changes of checklists and telling me they are no longer available for public view without notifying me and giving me a chance to fix a problem is defeating the purpose of the original call for citizen science.
Have any of you had these or other problems? I have emailed eBird, but have received no replies. Disappointing.
Mel Goff
Colorado Springs
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