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Index of Subjects --089e01493b9046e8cd050656e178 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, David brings up some interesting points, and I also have some comments, if people don't mind -- the Pleasant Hill Cemetery effect is partly what was described a few years ago in the birding literature as the Patagonia Picnic Table Effect - a rare bird is found in a particular location, lots of birders go to look for it, and while combing through the bushes, turn up other rare birds, and over time this builds upon itself. Other examples might include Sandy Cove Rd., it may well be that other nearby local habitats are just as good, but people don't go there as much. -- It would be appropriate to look at a particular pice of habitat from a bird's, rather than a human's point of view -- something we can't really do. E.g. if we looked at David's small patch of poplar from treetop height, with ultra-violet and 270 degree vision, as a Ruffed grouse might well do, it may look completely different from the patch a few metres away, for reasons we don't yet understand. -- Chris's suggestion about combining personal locations and hotspots for eBird is IMHO a good one. There are many other spots in NS to which this could apply. An example might be the several different names for French Basin Trail in Annapolis Royal, and if they were combined as 1 hotspot it would give a better overall view of what birds have been seen there. Perhaps those of us who use eBird could look at our other locations and follow Chris's example. However, for larger, but "good" areas (e.g. Brier Island) it might still be usefull to separate different hotspots within the area (e.g. Northern Point, Pond Cove). Anyway, some thoughts for a very wet afternoon. Richard -- >> > ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --089e01493b9046e8cd050656e178 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>David brings up some interesting po= ints, and I also have some comments, if people don't mind</div><div><br= ></div><div>=C2=A0-- =C2=A0the Pleasant Hill Cemetery effect is partly what= was described a few years ago in the birding literature as the Patagonia P= icnic Table Effect - a rare bird is found in a particular location, lots of= birders go to look for it, and while combing through the bushes, turn up o= ther rare birds, and over time this builds upon itself. Other examples migh= t include Sandy Cove Rd., it may well be that other nearby local habitats a= re just as good, but people don't go there as much.</div><div><br></div= ><div>-- It would be appropriate to look at a particular pice of habitat fr= om a bird's, rather than a human's point of view -- something we ca= n't really do. E.g. if we looked at David's small patch of poplar f= rom treetop height, with ultra-violet and 270 degree vision, as a Ruffed gr= ouse might well do, it may look completely different from the patch a few m= etres away, for reasons we don't yet understand.</div><div><br></div><d= iv>-- Chris's suggestion about combining personal locations and hotspot= s for eBird is IMHO a good one. There are many other spots in NS to which t= his could apply. An example might be the several different names for French= Basin Trail in Annapolis Royal, and if they were combined as 1 hotspot it = would give a better overall view of what birds have been seen there. Perhap= s those of us who use eBird could look at our other locations and follow Ch= ris's example. However, for larger, but "good" areas (e.g. Br= ier Island) it might still be usefull to separate different hotspots within= the area (e.g. Northern Point, Pond Cove).</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway= , some thoughts for a very wet afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Richard<= /div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid= ;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class=3D"h5"><s= pan style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34)">--=C2=A0</span><br></div></div></blockquo= te></blockquote></div>#################<br>Richard Stern, <br>Port Williams= , NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank"= >sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>################### </div></div> --089e01493b9046e8cd050656e178--
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